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@RaqSpolitica @OmniFinn I’m not opposed to leave. If it will impact an employees health not to take it, they should negotiate for it. If it negatively impacts a company they should include it. It just shouldn’t be mandated by the government, it should be agreed on by those involved in the contract.

@pierregild @OmniFinn No porque lo conveniente para el empleador es que no tengan descanso, así mantiene la estabilidad del negocio, pero va en contra de la salud del empleado. Al empleador no le importa la salud del empleado, cuando se enferme mucho lo reemplaza y ya, pero daña su vida.

Why should anyone get paid for nothing?

@SkylarGabor @OmniFinn In the places in the world with the highest incomes, there seem to be fewer mandatory leave days And yes, I have no problem with paid leave - only a problem with a government mandating that it has to be part of my employment conditions with my employer or employees.

@pierregild @OmniFinn They are mandatory by law even when the wages are high.

@OmniFinn @H2Pburgh Slightly disagree here. Both are essentially extra payment to incentivise you to continue working for your employer unsure about everywhere, but I’m used to a pro rata system - if you don’t work the full year you don’t get all the leave

@H2Pburgh @pierregild Providing free coffee or even food at work is different than paying for not working, though.

@H2Pburgh @OmniFinn I don’t dispute that. Providing perks to make your employees happier to work there and be loyal to the company is bound to increase productivity amongst many employees. My only dispute is it being mandated by a govt and not determined contractually.

@pierregild @OmniFinn Not necessarily. Things like vacation and providing coffee at work will increase productivity.

@ZuLu_______X @OmniFinn Yes, every country and every company works exactly the same way.

@pierregild @OmniFinn You don't, you MUST take them, because they will not pay you, and if you don't you cannot carry over more than 8 days into next year so nothing happens

@cumwhale927 These magical devices are amongst the most affordable ways to heat your home in the winter; saving you a lot of money - and allowing you the option to cool it in the few days it’s unbearable. I live in one of the poorest countries in the EU, where AC is fairly common.

@OmniFinn Idk about everywhere, but in the places I’ve worked you didn’t have to take the time off, though the companies would often ask you to, because if they weren’t taken they’d have to pay you for them in addition to the days worked, so you essentially have the option

@pierregild Agreed. My point is simply that workers should not be mandated to take time off if they choose to keep working. Therefore, it would make more sense to pay a higher salary and let the worker handle their leisure time on their own.

Muchas leyes no existen para protegerte, sino para garantizar que pagues peaje al sistema.

Los gobiernos llaman “mercado negro” a cualquier intercambio voluntario que no pueden controlar.

@N1k57 Currently live in Europe. Never been to North America (besides a layover in Panama). I think europeans are ridiculous for not having more AC usage The country I live in does seem to have fairly widespread usage of AC though, despite being one of the poorest countries in the EU

No, Patrick, that's not how weather works in Europe. If there's only hot and dry air, a fan it's useless. And using AC all the time, it costs too much for poor people. If someone it's making fun of Europe, 100% that person is from North America.

@Universal4karts What would make this analogy better is if the cure for cancer came at the expense of other people’s lives.

Lol who agrees with him??

@LxJefe @Veritasweb3 @MonarchoHoppean @BigMan300300 @psharingWW @Is_Not_Brian Serious question: does marxist theory place 0 value on risk, planning, management and opportunity creation? Seems to me an employer and employee create value together, and the “surplus” is the employer’s side of the equation, which should be negotiated heavily by both parties

@Veritasweb3 @MonarchoHoppean @BigMan300300 @psharingWW @Is_Not_Brian Under Marxist theory which is what we’re discussing here, it does. What employee ears for company minus what company pays = surplus value. Employer taking surplus value is exploitation.

Athletes are the only rich people on earth who actually earn all of their money without exploiting anyone.

@MichaelAArouet Because taxation is extortion. People are simply protecting their property and products of their labour as best they can.

I got this “receipt” in Italy. Handwritten receipts have been illegal in Italy since 2020, yet foreigners still receive them. The card reader is of course “broken,” and cash payment is preferred. Why is paying taxes still seen as an unnecessary extravagance by many Italians?

@nascarmixing @illnevrrcry @GR1FF1NONE It isn’t theft. It’s extortion.

@illnevrrcry @GR1FF1NONE My guess is you’re about to get a “taxation is theft” spiel.

Socialists when you tell them committing more crimes for the sake of reducing crime actually makes crime go up.

@TheLaurenChen It’s certainly ok for them to want that, it is not okay for anyone in any country to use a government’s threat of violence to restrict who individuals or businesses can hire (or do with their business and property in general)

My hot take is that it's OK for Americans to not want to compete against the entire world for a job in their hometown.

@_sn_n Are people really still uneducated enough to depict nuclear waste as a green sludge?

right-wingers in reality:

@bunivasal @dismayedartist @esjesjesj Technically speaking it is accurate, but I don’t support the value judgement He, a revolutionary, was a criminal according to the apartheid state, and did support violent action (cofounded the MK paramilitary org) which allegedly supported necklacing (horrific way to be killed)

@dismayedartist @esjesjesj Nelson Mandela? Ooh, do tell

Leftists trying to design a villain character: he dresses in the American flag, is a serial killer, and can only cum when thinking of his own mother Right wingers: this guy is the hero

@georgecursor I came across an old screenshot of you saying you’d buy a WinRAR license when Btc reached 100k. Glad to see you followed through

I promised when bitcoin goes to 100k that I'll buy a winrar license. The time has come.

@AOC The government should stop subsidies altogether, including the subsidies that they indirectly give to businesses in the form of food stamps etc. That solves your problems and some of mine. Next focus on the real biggest thefts: taxation and inflation (an indirect tax)

The single largest form of theft in America is wage theft. $50 billion a year are stolen from American workers. If a billionaire amasses their wealth by underpaying their full-time workers so severely that they must rely on food assistance and government programs to survive, then no, that wealth was not earned by one individual - it was a wealth transfer subsidized by underpaid American workers and the public who get stuck with the bill for large corporations free-riding off our systems. The point is less about individual morality. It’s more about how our current economic reality of shattering inequality rewards screwing over workers and exploiting essential systems at scale. We’re talking monopoly power. Rent-seeking. Wage theft. Profiteering. Stock buybacks. Destabilizing housing markets. Companies using SNAP/EBT to underwrite their wages. Massive government subsidies or contracts to corporations following lobbying and dark money in politics with little to no oversight or accountability. Some people get enraged that I draw attention to this. That’s on them. Let them call me shrill, dumb, inexperienced, girly, uneducated - these folks will say anything to distract from or undercut the truth that working people are getting screwed, and giving people a fair shake means we must have a grown conversation about reigning in abuse of power.