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[A thin boy in ragged clothing holds out a bowl to an overweight Elon Musk] Musk: Society needs billionaires, we keep you from starving. Boy: Please, I’m starving. Can you help me? Musk: Fuck you.

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  • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    A business is made, and is successful. WELL DONE.

    Instead of a billion dollars going to the owner and, let’s say, 100K in salary to each worker… what if the CEO only made 100 million, and the employees each made 500K in salary?

    Is that communism?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      what if the CEO only made 100 million, and the employees each made 500K in salary?

      The Raytheon Strategy.

      Works great if you’re trying to bribe Nazi ex-pats into compliance while fighting a war of arms escalation.

      Is that communism?

      True Communism can only be achieved if we wipe all the current communists off the map, take their stuff, and impose “democracy” through an occupying military.