There would generally be mandatory meetings for workers to attend that would allow for debates on the trajectory of the company. The state would “own” it but the workers would still direct it.

In a very very small way, it is like what Germany does with large corporations. They require a percentage of the board of directors be actual workers so it’s not just a bunch of capitalist parasites making decisions that would hurt workers just to boost their own portfolios/profits.

An individual can’t own the means of production, it’s supposed to be “owned” by the people. I’m not a communist, but that argument never changed.

I’m “technically/mechanically inclined” as they say, but formally, “professionally,” I’m just a worthless factory worker schmuck lol

I believe it’s also largest in dollar amount by a long shot.

https://tcworkerscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wage-Theft-vs-Other-Theft-1024x730.jpg

Just a quick search found something from 2018 so don’t crucify me if it’s not accurate anymore lol

I always just say “I’d be better if you were checking my prostate” but I always get kicked out right after! I can never quite put my finger in why though…

:P

Was a the grocery store and noticed a girl struggling to reach something, I figured it would be the perfect way to break the ice and say something to her except I was the same height as her…

6’12" Chadworth McChad turns the corner just as I was about to make a fool of myself so I should probably be thankful she immediately asked him to help lol

I see what you’re trying to do here and I won’t fall for your Mongolian propaganda techniques!

God damn Mongoriens! Always trying to break my shitty wall!

Not so fun fact: the constitution allows for slavery as long as it’s a punishment for a crime.

Hmmm… Nah, those dots don’t connect at all.

Well that will be the first time in my life I actually say “that’s someone else’s problem.” Lol

I’m not even a machinist, I kinda wish I took that route. I came in as the lead assembler figuring I could prove my worth and “move up” into something better. Instead I became essential and am stuck lol

Seriously… I just look at indeed and want to strangle someone… How are like 85% of all jobs on there posting salaries that are barely good enough for a random store cashier…

Nope lol it’s just how far you’d have to be to be able to afford to even live here. Long island is stupid expensive. I need to move, but I’m “uneducated” so I’m pretty much worthless lol

It’s absurd lol my job was complaining they can’t find anyone to work, yet they’re offering $16/hr for machinists that would need to drive an hour just to get here… It’s a joke

“if I’m at a point in which I think I’ve got nothing to lose, then why not take a wild risk to try to get to a better place?”

The problem I have with that is I know I can make things way worse rather than better by taking risks so I end up stuck where I am. I took a lesser risk a few years ago and thankfully only moved laterally, nothing really improved but at least I didn’t make it worse.

I just need a “fuck it” attitude, but that’s never been in my character. I’m more of a “worry about everything” person because “luck” is never on my side, I need to MAKE things happen or they never work out… If I don’t have control over it, it fails. I really envy people that just seem to float through life, having everything work out as they wanted lol

As far as the suicide goes, I’m basically “not allowed” to. I’m thankful that I have family that care about me and would be crushed if anything happened to me. Plus I know I’ll have to take care of my older brother when my parents are gone, so no matter how much I don’t want to be here, I have to be.

As far as the cosmos goes, I’m one that tends to believe what we have is all we have, there is no “again.”

Are you saying that Lemmy does have those algorithms? Because this shit is never boring lol so many instances I never wanted to see or know existed…

Slightly related: how many freaking instances of “yiff” shit do we need!? I couldn’t believe I was STILL seeing it after I blocked like 7 separate instances lol

I knew it was that douchenozzle… I couldn’t tell for sure, but of course he would say “Take the picture from the floor to make me look like a Real Man™.” Lol

The problem is that you basically need to have those conversations about wages in an email otherwise the company will still fire you for it, but claim it was just about “poor performance” or “insubordination” so they can’t get in trouble for it… Hell I could even see a corporation arguing that your email conversation about wages wasn’t “professional use of email directly related to their work” so there’s pretty much always a way for them to skirt that law :(

Yas! At least we know SOMEONE around Zuckerberg is an actual human with taste lol

Or “a typical Tuesday at work” for me…

The labor laws are so insanely vague here in NY that it literally says “all factories must maintain a reasonable temperature and humidity.” They then never define what that is and my representatives won’t answer when asked what it is…

It gets over 90°F and 90% humidity frequently in here… Literal sweatshop lol

I honestly give major props to people who put themselves up to get shit thrown at them.

I hate myself enough as it is, I don’t need internet strangers to give me new reasons to hate myself lol