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Aristus

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3. Jesus. It really is true: the idle rich live in mortal terror of a labor deficit.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:55 PM

Dec 17

The fewer the workers, the more choosy they can be. Employers are going to have to offer a lot more than just “You should just feel lucky to have a job!” if they want someone who can actually do the job.

Better pay, better benefits, better working conditions. All these happen during times of labor scarcity.

So the useless, brainless, feckless, worthless idle rich want all of us to have more children in order to create a labor surplus that results in the crushing, grinding, soul-killing working conditions we have been trying to improve for a century and a half.

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Elon Musk's mom faces backlash after saying people should have children even if they can't afford them [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 17 OP

More workers to support the rich Jaydog Dec 17 #1

She's an Idiot. Cha Dec 17 #2

Jesus. It really is true: the idle rich live in mortal terror of a labor deficit. Aristus Dec 17 #3

Is that what Dobbs is about? moondust Dec 17 #8

They sure wouldn't want to lose their multimillion-dollar salaries and bonuses. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 17 #12

I read it when it came out, and I admit I haven't re-read it. But some of my most enduring memories Hekate Dec 18 #14

Righteous rants like this one of yours is what keeps me coming back to DU UniqueUserName Dec 18 #16

Thank you kindly Hekate Tuesday #18

Insame mutterings from the "good stock" Musk comes from. Who believes that the richest man ever live first in... brush Dec 17 #4

If you can't feed em', don't breed em'. Trellastic Dec 17 #5

See my post #14 above, for what's included in Dobbs if you want to be infuriated Hekate Dec 18 #15

Dinner and a movie are breaking the bank. Not rent, utilities, groceries, school loans, insurance, transportation. Solly Mack Dec 17 #6

Like the arguments that if you ate less avacado toast DBoon Dec 17 #7

No shit, right? I grew up in a single parent, 4 kids household. Not going out to eat or to the movies wasn't something Solly Mack Dec 17 #9

And don't forget the outrageous expenditures on Ilsa Dec 17 #11

Let them eat cake roscoeroscoe Dec 17 #10

If one cannot afford dinner or a movie (or . . .gasp. .both) then one sure niyad Dec 17 #13

Product of apartheid. malaise Dec 18 #17

I thought Elon was born in a stable and laid in a manger. Crunchy Frog Tuesday #19

Yeah, because 1970s South Africa was just like 2024 USA. GoCubsGo Tuesday #20