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Story here https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/slain-calif-tech-ceo-humiliated-workers-report-21125144.php
The CEO sounded like an absolute cunt. When will they learn?
Wow.
He made them work 14 consecutive 12+ hour days of physical labour (sun up to sun down) then bounced their cheques. Then, offered $1400 ($100/day = $8/hr, well below the CA minimum wage at the time) but only if they did 300-500 push ups, while bragging he makes thousands an hour.
Jesus that guy was an absolute asshole.
I propose a new law. If the victim of a murder is someone who owns a fortune more than 1000x the median household income, then someone on trial for the murder can make an affirmative defense that it was ok, simply because, “he needed killin.'”
Literally, if you can convince the jury that the guy had it coming, you get off Scott free. Anyone who wants to avoid potentially being killed and having their killer escape unpunished can avoid this fate by simply not hoarding wealth over the critical threshold. Those who hoard such fortunes will just have to live with enough kindness that no one could ever convince a jury that they deserved to die. We’ll end up with no billionaires or every billionaire becoming like Fred Rogers. I’ll take either outcome.
I know lemmy can lean weird left sometimes where it’s quite alright to kill someone but other physical violence, like beating somebody up, is taboo, but . . .
My dad always told me that sometimes a man just needs a tune-up. Sometimes its you, sometimes its the other guy. Maybe its both of you. When I was younger I handed out a few and received one good one of my own. I think all were probably necessary and healthy, and I am a firm believer that sometimes someone is just in need of a good ass beating to help correct their perspective.
Such a course correction, if applied earlier to this guy, might have saved his life.
I’ve seen a good argument that personal violence between men may very well be mentally healthy outside of sports. Basically as you said sometimes you need your ass beat to put things into perspective, funny enough I stopped doing my twitch elbowing reaction in middle school because I did it to someone and he punched me in the face. Stopped the tic and fair is fair.
I had the opposite. Kid beside me kept tossing little bits of food, I snapped, elbowed him in the ribs and knocked him a good distance, they sent me to the office where he was crying in the nurse’s station. The cop at the school told me to be careful with my elbows, because I could have broken his ribs. Then I went back to class. The end.
Some folks simply don’t have the constitution required to fuck around and find out. My kin have a rather simple way of living, mind your own business lest it becomes someone else’s. Makes for either short or long lives depending on which side of the philosophy one falls on.
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And nobody will miss him.
The thing that Neoliberals will grow to understand very quickly as material conditions worsen; is that FDR was not the savior of the working class. He was the savior of the capitalist FROM the working class. And right now, there isn’t an FDR to be found.
The new wave of DSA-aligned progressives are running on an FDR inspired “Green New Deal.” If they get enough victories in next year’s primaries there could be a realignment of the DNC towards FDR style policies, so there very well could be an FDR type running in the 2028 presidential election with the support of the Democratic party. The wealthy donors who control the DNC would be forced to appease the base
It’s likely to be a very chaotic affair given Trump’s unwillingness to abdicate power. Unfortunately the only way I see trump leaving office peacefully is if his own party turns on him and votes along with Democrats to impeach him before the next election. Failing that we’ll get Jan 6 two: electric boogaloo and we get to find out if they worked out the kinks.
He could leave in a box
I support DSA because I think it builds class consciousness and can show on a small scale what socialist policies can achieve.
However, I think the capitalist class has made it clear that they would not allow an FDR to save them. They turned down that offer with Bernie and again letting Biden run for a second term. They decided it was gonna be more neoliberalism or a Cryptofascist surrounded by actual fascist at every level of his administration.
You are right. They will not give up power. And they definitely won’t allow an FDR candidate in though. And if they do they definitely won’t allow the level of FDR policies needed to stop the anger of the working class.
The failing neoliberalism vs. growing fascism is the only real federal government cycle we have to look forward to. Eventually that hits it tipping point though.
However, I think the capitalist class has made it clear that they would not allow an FDR to save them. They turned down that offer with Bernie and again letting Biden run for a second term.
They’re just not desperate enough yet. They will cave when they begin to feel they are under personal threat.
We’ll have to agree to disagree. In my opinion you can’t “unchoose” fascism.
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Almost sounds like my current employer. The concept surely is the same. Workplace Enshittification.
Gestures vaguely and non-incriminatingly
Seems to me we know how to make them learn…
The CEO certainly was asking for it it seems
Why would they learn? There’s millions of them and they are rewarded so well for their tyranny. I think it’s time to take all of them out.
Edit: i do not condone violence btw anytime anywhere
Yeah and only halfway into the article it revealed that he had a “marijuana enterprise”… So, slice it as you will, but he was a drug dealer. Maybe a very clean legit operation, but still a drug dealer…
Employees did the world a favor.
So, unions or being beaten to death.
Choose.
I mean we did used to drag them out into the street and beat them before unions. Unions are the more peaceful alternative
Well I’ll never get beaten to death because I’m a fun CEO and all my employees love me, so clearly we gotta side against unions. I’ll throw a few more pizza parties to be safe.
BREAKING NEWS: “Fun” CEO beaten to death with frozen pizzas. The pizzas were delivered warm, so the police suspect premeditated intent in freezing the pizzas for use as a blunt, deadly instrument. The CEO’s customary grave-pissing will start, contingent on finding a suitable ditch.
This is literally how it works. Ringing our hands and hoping our Israeli owned politicians will do something to help us has been destroying the country
allegedly. maybe that millionaire just fell down an elevator shaft and onto some bullets
Well, the perpetrators will lose years of their lives to the prison system, that seems like some lost value.
Yeah… I’m hoping the other inmates give them the Luigi “Careful, he’s a hero” treatment.
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Find the name of the guy and make him a hero. Positive reinforcement!
I’m not… Sad. Normally I should be sad. I feel like humanity offers less and less. I cheered Luigi, and now I’m like “yeah, I get it” … wtf
Fucker got “the Luigi”.
Or is it “got Luigi’d”?
I like the term “blue shelled” as it’s someone near last place targeting someone in first.
Hah good one.
Kinda dumb, but I like it.
Love it.
I actually don’t like that. As far as I know Luigi is innocent.
I’d find this guy innocent too.
Reminds me that Luigi day is tomorrow.
Happy Luigi day!
He got weegee’d
Yes.
Oh no! Anyway.
At least the pushups worked.
Good fucking riddance 🤢
Cool. More stories like this please.
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I mean, push-ups for bonuses might be cool and worthwhile. Not like, bonuses you used to get in the past and can only get now if you do x push-ups, but brand new bonuses.
Maybe squats for ladies since they’re at an unfair advantage when it comes to upper body musculature.
Thanks to being forced back into the office, every time I go in I’m already doing squat!
Apparently he witheld their paycecks and gave a portion back after they did his pushup game.
But yeah overall exercising in the office not as an ego-game by the manager would be nice.
