▲ 338 ▼ CNN Poll: Half of Americans think the economy is getting worse, despite months of stronger economic news | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com) submitted 3 years ago by captainjman2@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 107 points 3 years ago (1 child) Pretty interesting way to spell out the fact that that the economy is designed to extract as much value from workers as possible. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 22 points 3 years ago Ding ding ding! If a company can extract more value out of its workers while paying them less, that means the company is doing good. If this happens across a bunch of companies, that means the economy is doing good. All because they're getting more value from our labor than the crumbs they toss to us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 22 points 3 years ago Ding ding ding! If a company can extract more value out of its workers while paying them less, that means the company is doing good. If this happens across a bunch of companies, that means the economy is doing good. All because they're getting more value from our labor than the crumbs they toss to us. permalink fedilink source parent