I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[rickyb]

In Italy and the UK, $30/month would get you:

• 1GB data
• 1,200 minutes and 300 text messages
• The average price for this in Canada is $70.70.

Looking for a package with a small amount of data in Germany? Winsim offers 3GB and unlimited talk and text for just $13.69.

Speak out: Tell Minister Bains you’re being gouged

The Big Three won't stop raking in huge profits by gouging Canadians unless they're forced to.

Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains has that power, and he's admitted our cell prices are "unacceptable."2

Call him now and tell him how much you’re being gouged, and demand he take action to protect Canadians.












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Footnotes:

[1] All data from Industry, Science, and Economic Development-commissioned report: 2017 Price Comparison Study of Telecommunications Services in Canada and Select Foreign Jurisdictions. It is worth noting that in most cases the discrepancies between Canadian and international plans are even higher now: Nordicity Group Ltd.
[2] Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains takes aim at wireless affordability: Globe and Mail
[3] Minister Navdeep Bains: Twitter
[4] Minister Bains to speak on improving telco affordability at Canadian Telecom Summit: MobileSyrup
[5] The phone companies people actually love: Bloomberg Business Week
[6] Communications Monitoring Report 2017: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
[7] July 2018: Data overage fees increased to $70 for 1GB: CBC



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[rickyb]

So you don’t help the needy. Only yourself.

see youre so thick headed you probably think this is a waste of money:

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[1989]

cc: america, canada, uk, western countries

theJuice on Twitter

There is one major flaw. Wealth has already been taxed.

 

[rickyb]

local small biz capitalist was being rude 2x now. thinks hes entitled to me buying crap from his store.

1 star review coming right up.

 

[1989]

local small biz capitalist was being rude 2x now. thinks hes entitled to me buying crap from his store.

1 star review coming right up.

You’re such a rebel.

 

[rickyb]

You’re such a rebel.

hey at least i help people make informed decisions. most people are too lazy and cynical to review anything.

 

[rickyb]

i talked to my coworker from communist romania about our economy vs theirs and his conclusion was that they both fail.

 

[pickup]

Hey @rickyb , I got a graphic novel for you to read. It's about America invading Canada so that they use their water.

We Stand on Guard: in 100 years, America seizes Canada for its water

 

[rickyb]

Hey @rickyb , I got a graphic novel for you to read. It's about America invading Canada so that they use their water.

We Stand on Guard: in 100 years, America seizes Canada for its water

one of hte guys worked on the matrix.

fresh water is going to be a major problem in the future. i think canada, brazil, and russia have most of it.

 

[rickyb]

true?

btw may day was started in america because of govt and capitalist abuse of american workers, but the system is so orwellian that labour day is in sept not may 1st like much of the rest of the world.

1. Richard D. Wolff‏Verified account @profwolff 14h14 hours ago
   
   
   France's yellow vest movement is organizing massive May 1 demonstrations. On April 7 it declared: "Conscious that we are fighting a global system, we believe it is necessary to exit capitalism." (1/2) .
   
   
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   Richard D. Wolff‏Verified account @profwolff 14h14 hours ago
   
   
   
   "Conscious that we are fighting a global system, we believe it is necessary to exit capitalism." (Conscients que nous avons à combattre un système global, nous considérons qu'il faudra sortir du capitalisme.) As in 1789, the French lead the way. http://bit.ly/2VwT2Eo . (2/2)
   
   
   
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[rickyb]

O THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHAAAAANGING

this guy was a senator in the 1970s. he did some stuff with noam chomsky and howard zinn regarding the pentagon papers. he is now 90 years old and running for president.

he also wants worker control of industry, not authoritarian capitalism, which is what bernie sanders initially ran on in 2016 before he took a more mainstream approach.

Black Socialists of America‏Verified account @BlackSocialists




We’re starting to see many Leftists begin to throw support behind @MikeGravel. Perhaps we should all ask him a simple question: @MikeGravel, do you support us moving toward a society where the workers control the means of production in a democratic and decentralized fashion?


Mike Gravel on Twitter

may you live in interesting times.

Historical significance
If elected,

• Gravel would be the first President born in the 1930s and during the Great Depression.
• Gravel would become the first US President to be 90 years old before the general election, and the oldest person to ever become president.
• Gravel would be the first President to serve in his 90s.
• Along with John Adams, Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, Gravel would be the 7th President to live into their 90s.

 

[rickyb]

The Right to Own
Job insecurity is a terrifying thing, and our economic system mandates that businesses shut down their stores, lay off their employees, and close their offices in a never-ending cycle of feast and famine. But while businesses come and go, people’s livelihoods don’t have to. Based on the U.K. Labor Party’s policy of the same name, the Right to Own would be a policy of employees being the first to be able to buy out a company when it’s going under or being sold. They have the right of first refusal: whether it’s being bought by another company or going out of business, the employees will be able to buy out their workplace and ensure that they get to control their own business, income, life, and livelihood.

The United States should:

• Institute a policy of the Right to Own, ensuring that, when a company is being sold or is going out of business, the first group that has the chance to buy out the business’s assets and IP are the workers themselves.
• Give grants and/or loans to these businesses if they decide to reorganize as a cooperative: a corporation that is run democratically by the workers, where each member of the company votes on management, parts of their contract, the general direction of the company, and more, with the specifics depending on how the cooperative decides to organize. These cooperatives are known for extremely high rates of productivity, worker satisfaction, benefits, and wages.
• Set up a federal program to help these– along with all other– cooperatives, teach them how to operate, and ensure that they are self-sufficient.

 

[vantexan]

i talked to my coworker from communist romania about our economy vs theirs and his conclusion was that they both fail.

How old is your coworker?

 

[rickyb]

How old is your coworker?

i think hes 50 or 60 something. he lived in commie romania for 30 years i recall.

 

[vantexan]

i think hes 50 or 60 something. he lived in commie romania for 30 years i recall.

Communism ended in Romania about 30 years ago. Just curious.

 

[rickyb]

Communism ended in Romania about 30 years ago. Just curious.

yea and he was there for that i believe.

ill be travelling there next year and to prague. they have interesting political histories.

 

[rickyb]

40% of america no retirement savings:

Richard D. Wolff‏Verified account @profwolff Apr 15




Employers continue profiting by lowering pensions for ever-fewer employees & changing their structures. Many millions now face either poverty in retirement (if they can retire) or else burdening their children. Another part of American dream turns into a nightmare for millions.

 

[rickyb]

small wage increases in modern america and canada.

china has explosive wage growth.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

 

[rickyb]

capitalists collude and plan how much new tech they are actually going to release to keep people buying new crap:

Richard D. Wolff‏Verified account @profwolff




Conservatives are thankful Trump's US does not face real gov't scrutiny as Europeans still do. The EU just found Germany's auto producers (VW, Mercedes, &BMW) guilty of colluding to hold back tech that reduces harmful emissions & protects public health.

EU antitrust: Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler accused of emissions collusion - CNN

"The reputation of Germany's flagship manufacturing industry is still suffering from a scandal that erupted in 2015 when Volkswagen admitted to rigging millions of diesel engines to cheat on emissions tests."

 

[1989]

small wage increases in modern america and canada.

china has explosive wage growth.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

Do you have the China wage grown chart in 1982-1984 dollars to compare? Or even a chart for any other nation that you tout?