Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Link Bundle: This Is Capitalism

 All of these links are about capitalism working as the capitalists intend it should.

 Toys R Us was murdered. And its final CEO got paid big bucks to mismanage other things to death. (I just did a Google on the guy; apparently he's taken his money and run, for now.)

The people who killed Toys R Us also did in Gymboree, among other places, stealing severance pay to give the CEO a nice golden parachute.

In America it's illegal to require that financial advisors not steal you blind.

 In terms of paid time off, medieval peasants had it much better than the average American, who is too terrified of losing their job to voluntarily take time off. 

A reminder that Ayn Rand is still killing people- and companies- and even countries. But what do you expect from someone whose biggest hero was a murderer?

 More of corporations literally killing people and facing zero criminal liability.

Capitalists don't even want you to be able to own the things you buy. And the housing you rent? The poorer you are, the more you're being overcharged.

 Payment services want a cut from both sides of every transaction, even if and when it's bogus and refunded

Building too-big-to-fail megacorporations, especially in finance, is a bipartisan effort.

A reminder that conservatives believe a profit today is worth the whole damn company tomorrow. 

Even those charged with the spiritual care of the people squeeze them shamelessly.

And with all this dough they're pocketing, the ultra-rich still insist only the little people should pay taxes. Because economic stimulus. (Hint: that's bullshit.)

Meanwhile, the people they've crushed are scarred for life, physically and mentally, by the effects of poverty.

 


 

 



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