Quote (thesnipa @ 5 Feb 2020 21:33)
you keep saying only well off people are benefiting from it. i dont even begin understand what that means. how exactly are the record number of people with retirement accounts at a time when stocks are at an all time high not benefiting from their retirement accounts increasing?
"cultists" dont mention them because they understand that if people try to "fix" them the corporations will automate out an entire class of people in the USA. "worker rights" = "layoffs on a massive scale and chinese jobs".
the long and short of it is Obama was potus over a massive recession with massive unemployment, largely not his fault. Trump is now a potus directly after with a big upswing in jobs, largely not to his credit in policy. that means the same people who were unemployed 10 years ago, lost houses, couldnt buy food, couldnt buy their kids xmas presents, etc. they have jobs now. "these jobs arent good enough" is suburban white privilege mixed with ignorance about automation. my mom worked at mcdonalds, subway, etc to put food on the table, still couldnt swing xmas gifts. i grew up as poor as anyone in this sub im sure, and now im in the automation industry. calls for worker protections in a rapidly automating economy are going to cause the worst recession and unemployment numbers in the modern era, with no recovery. Trump's economy is far from perfect, but the jobs now will save people from starving later.
oh right, the good old
'if you tax millionaires they will just leave the country, if you hold corporations to a minimal standard, they will just automate or leave' tale. sure, that's why other strong economies (like the german for example) are similarly unequal and devoid of worker protections, why we also have to work 2-3 jobs just to earn a living wage... oh wait!
sorry to break it to you, but those are bullshit claims to explain to you why you just have to 'live with it', and unfortunately you seem to have uncritically accepted that.