I said this on another post and I'll say it again, this is why trickle down economics (lowering taxes for the rich because "their spending will help the economy and the people") will never work. The rich are always going to pay their employees the lowest posible wage and spend the money on stupid crap like this, the price of which will again go to the CEO of the company who sold them the stupid crap, not the employees. I think the post I originally commented this on was about Gucci and his diamond encrusted sword with which he cut his wedding cake. Does his wealth go to his employees? Nope, he has his stuff made in sweatshops (allegedly)

And that's what is bothersome to me. Libertarians say they support freedom... freedom for companies to severely restrict their employees' freedom. That's not very free imo. It's like Kant in the streets, Hobbes in the...office. Not very consistent.

@leovaldez Yeah that could probably work. I'm not an expert though so I really don't know.
@hattricks1995 Thanks!

Not sure if it wouldn't impact the UV filter which is very important for your eyes, but good thinking my man! While we're pondering solar clothing, maybe baseball caps with that flat frontal part that shields your face from the light (don't know the word in English) made of solar panels could work as well.

Well you don't *have to* live in a country either if you don't like it. You can just move someplace else. So why is it that the companies can get away with ideological brainwashing while governments can't? Similar hierarchy, different scale. Same principle.

Yeah, I did mention that private companies can do that. I specifically mentioned the moral principle of free speech, not the legal one, to avoid confusion. So yes a company has the right to do that. I just don't find much comfort in the fact that I have to succumb to my boss's ideology or risk losing my livelihood. It's just pure authoritarianism and totalitarianism, only on a smaller scale than a government. You think that being constantly threatened by losing your only source of income because your boss has different opinions on some minor thing isn't restricting to free speech at all? I mean c'mon, you can't actually be totally okay with Youtube censoring creators or people getting fired over dumb remarks.

It does. Not as much as locking someone up for speaking obviously, but it does. If someone threatens to take away your livelihood if you say something they don't like, you're very likely to keep your mouth shut. Remember the Google guy (whom I personally disagree with, I think his report was not very nuanced and too generalizing to be taken seriously, but I still wouldn't have him fired)? Or Youtube censors? Or the fact that Hollywood has been full of sexual assaults but nobody's been speaking up because the person doing the assaults had power over his victims and they had ambition to be successful in the industry, so they shut up.
The freedom of speech as defined by the Constitution and the Declaration of Human Rights only applies to the state. They can't lock you up for having certain opinions. Private companies can fire whomever they want for whatever they want, they have every right to. But what I was talking about is the principle of free speech, that imo everyone should respect

I see. It's adorable actually. I just got confused cause that girl really looks like Lapis.

I'm guessing it's a reply to my comment since I mentioned trickle down economics. Trickle down will never work because of people like Gucci himself. He could've paid his workers better, made better work conditions. Instead, he has his stuff made in sweatshops (allegedly) and buys a huge fucking cake and a diamond sword. Similarly, the bakery you mentioned, how much of that outrageously high sum do you think is going to the workers compared to how much is going to the CEO? I'd wager that the workers aren't getting that much. I see it on my own asshole boss as well, our office printers don't work but instead of having them fixed he travels to a different place every week then brags about it on social media.
As long as people are greedy bastards, trickle down will never work because these greedy bastards will use the money on ridiculously expensive shit (the price of which will again go to greedy bastards not employees) instead of treating their employees like human beings.

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And why he's so adorable!