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[–] josefo@leminal.space 57 points 10 months ago (4 children)

What if we start killing board members instead of just CEOs, you know, the puppet masters along with the puppet.

While we are at it, also any billionaires to

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

There's no shortage of steel that I'm aware of, and chain production is entirely automated at this point. So why not?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You can't murder your way out of a situation you didn't murder yourself into.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

Not with that attitude.

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Technically speaking humanity did murder itself out of feudalism and into capitalism

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They started it, we just need to finish it.

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is my biggest frustration with these posts. We might not like it, but CEOs are still working class. Most of their wealth is derived from a paycheck. They aren't even the owning class. They're rich AF, but they're a symptom more than a problem.

[–] josefo@leminal.space 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

CEOs are not working class dumbass hahahaha

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Working class means your primary wealth generation tool is selling your labor. The compensation plans vary widely, but I think most CEOs are earning most of their wealth through a salary vs returns on things they own.

You can hate it all you want, but that's what working class means.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're mostly paid in stock options.

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[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

Hey.... Boulders ain't cheap either.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

A drop of the guillotine is completely free. Just saying.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Sure. But it just doesn't have the same fire and brimstone "wrath of an angry God" feel to it. Guillotines are quick. But if you really hate someone, you'll go to the trouble of hauling an 800 lb boulder around just to off 'em. If you really want to show your displeasure with someone, you'll go to the trouble of loading a giant rock on a boat and hauling it an hour offshore. It's "I hate you so much I'm willing to go to this amount of effort!"

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What about a really dull guillotine?

One that takes ten or fifteen drops to do any real damage?

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I mean, yeah, but it just doesn't have the same vibe to it. You can't make a grandiose speech about "condemning them to the depths." Plus it's just much more terrifying, watching the surface of the water rise above you, as you're pulled inexhorably down into the abyss...

Also, the water muffles the screaming!

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[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

It's a very neat boulder.

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Pioneers used to ride those babies for miles.

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's completely inappropriate. That boulder could be turned into a statue.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

IDK. I'm thinking more a giant bronze statue of Luigi would be more appropriate. Interesting enough, those things aren't as expensive as you might think. Some googling suggests a cost of between $25k-250k for a life sized bronze statue. That's a lot for an individual, but well within the realm of crowd funding. I say we place it on a main road outside UHC's headquarters in Minnesota. Make the bastards drive past it every single day on the way to work.

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[–] A_Filthy_Weeaboo@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (7 children)

...and a cool ass boulder.

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

This! You have any idea how much people pay for boulders to landscape their yards? A small one about the size of a nightstand can cost 300+.

Can we just put them all in submarines and promise it will be different this time?

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[–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even in death they'd be causing sea levels to rise.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

But they're providing valuable nutrients to endangered sea critters, so it balances out from an environmental perspective.

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess this meme only applies to America?

In most European countries, you pay for your insurance by contributing a certain percentage of your wages to your insurance company and a retirement payout company. Of course, you don't have to bother with that, since your employer does this in most cases (if you're not a contractor). I think this is a better strategy than just paying from what you have.

[–] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the Netherlands your pension fund is withheld from your wages (partially a mandatory government fund, partially a fund your employer might select).

My previous employer invested about 1% of my wages into the fund, which was quite shite. My current employer invests 10% and has a significantly better return.

Health insurance is a monthly cost you pay on your own (starting at around € 120 / mo). It's a € ~350 yearly deductible and coverage is mostly decided by the government. Any additional coverage is your own choosing and comes at a premium.

As you can only switch contracts on a yearly basis, comparing health plans is effectively a Christmas tradition for all Dutch citizens.

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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why aren’t we seeing this type of energy towards politicians? They’re the ones making the laws that companies exploit.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because in fine, it's the companies and lobbies that bribe them. You can have ethical politicians, but there are hardly any ethical CEOs/board members.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think the rates of ethical people across the two are the same. Just have to relate the politicians to the same ranking as a CEO/board member.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

You think politicians are the ones who write the laws? You wouldn't happen to be a CEO would you? If so, I do believe you yearn for the Sea...

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Polluting the sea is not cool either

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Also rocks can be valuable too

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

so does this mean y'all guys are finally coming around on utilitarianism?

[–] Murple_27@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought that this was gonna be a different joke, I'm not gonna lie.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm morbidly curious what joke you were thinking...

[–] Murple_27@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

"It's an acceptable loss."

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Can't we do this another way? That's a waste of a perfectly good rock.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Tie them all together with a floating rope at the wrists to waists. They will eventually tire out, when they do they will sink themselves, once they have provided value to the fishes and other sea life then the rope will float back to the top and you can start all over with another group of valuable market leaders.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

There's no shortage of rocks at our disposal. If it's the labor costs you're worried about, I suppose we could force the CEOs to quarry and carry their own rock.

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 3 points 10 months ago

We are just replenishing the world's supply of low radiation steel. In a thousand years scientists will be so thankful.

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Could we not go for a more sustainable solution? I'm sure they'd make a pretty decent fertiliser.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

The CEOs will be fully recycled by sea life. Steel is just iron and carbon, no real damage to the environment as they rust away. And boulders are inert. And we can make sure the CEOs are dressed in suits made of all natural fibers when we chuck 'em in the drink!

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