• interdimensionalmeme
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    1 year ago

    Why are these posts specifically aimed at car company CEOs?

    Are they begging for money in Congress again ?

    Is this an anticar thing ?

    Are they in union négociations ?

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      To add this for posterity, there is an additional component to the U.S. autoworkers union striking. In 2008 during the global financial crisis (with things like robosigning foreclosures, predatory loans with ballooning interest rates, etc.), some U.S. automakers were asking for government bailouts, which eventually were granted. These bailouts were entirely taxpayer funded. Now the automakers are refusing to meet union contract negotiations. Automakers not paying employees cost-of-living, or frankly, just salary increases is upsetting, but the additional hypocrisy of U.S. tax-paying citizens bailing out these companies with their own money in 2008, and then not having the companies return some of the wealth in 2023 is enraging.

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      Forgot to add that when the automakers were begging for government bailouts, the automakers had to take away worker pensions and some benefits to “protect the system”. In 2023, the U.S. autoworkers union is fighting to get those benefits back for the workers.

    • w2tpmf@lemmy.world
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      Because this is the trending politics community. I meant it says so right th…oh … “memes”? That’s the same thing, right?

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          I do not see others laughing. This isn’t exactly funny. How is a CEO getting paid much more than the average worker supposed to make me laugh? This more of a news article snippet than a meme

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            Since when were memes exclusively meant to make you laugh? Memes have always been a means of societal commentary, think Rage Comics and AdviceAnimals plenty of the most famous ones talk about very real issues.

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              Even something as simple as the “This is fine” meme could be considered “not funny” in the same way this meme is “not funny” depending on how it’s used.

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                  1 year ago

                  (You might’ve mistaken me for the other guy. I’m agreeing with you.)

                  • HiddenLayer5
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                    1 year ago

                    Looks like I did. I apologize, should have paid closer attention when replying.

          • NaoPb@eviltoast.org
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            1 year ago

            I am laughing. Because what else can you do, seeing the hell we were born into and will probably stay the same for the rest of our lives. Nothing is going to change and if you weren’t born on top, you’re never going to come out on top. No matter what you tell yourself.

        • Antitrust7668@discuss.tchncs.de
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          What ever happened to making memes just to make someone smile for a moment and not a means to publicize an agenda? We get it, you’re a liberal who hates capitalism. Enough already…