Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
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Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#2I wish people were able to think about what is really doing on here for themselves for a few seconds instead of swallowing whole the prepackaged rhetoric from either side; on one side we have "corporations are evil and must be taxed just as heavily as we want to tax the life out of all citizens to support others against their will", and on the other side we have "corporations are benevolent angels who are constantly persecuted and hunted for their life blood while only ever having the most pure intentions and thoughts any angel could ever have.
Reality though is quite a bit in the middle-ground … corporations are enterprises headed by purely selfish and overwhelmingly people that are living embodiments of the dark triad of personality traits (narcissism fueled by psychopathy enacting machiavellianism), but on the other hand they are also very much not wrong in simply wanting to preserve and keep what they have, regardless of whether they got it illicitly and immorally in the first place, largely enabled by the other tribe of the dark triad that only carry a different banner, while also being corporatists, but feigning "concern for the common man" while devising ever more elaborate schemes for how to disposes people who actually earn things through productive and hard work of the fruits of their labor in order to support themselves and those who empower them.
What it all can be reduced down to when you start disassembling the various shields, force fields, lies, misdirection, and deception to get to the core of things; what we are really facing is an actual, real, objective new form of the parasitic exploitation model humanity has known in many forms, but most often refers to its most obvious incarnation as slavery … we have a system of modern slavery, one that long ago realized it is way more profitable to not have to worry taking care of unproductive slaves you physically control, but rather you simply take a huge chunk of most people who are productive and your net profit is wildly higher. It's precisely one of the reasons that oligarchs make sure to push everyone's attention to the trope of slavery, so most people do not realize that "slavery" (a term referring to the systematic exploitation of the slavs … a European people … even far and beyond feudal serfdom that was also a "slavery" business model) pivoted its business model.
Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#3I wish people were able to think about what is really doing on here for themselves for a few seconds instead of swallowing whole the prepackaged rhetoric from either side; on one side we have "corporations are evil and must be taxed just as heavily as we want to tax the life out of all citizens to support others against their will", and on the other side we have "corporations are benevolent angels who are constantly…
Corporate "slaves" are some of the best paid in history. I'm sure the "model" figured out that if their labor is generally wealthier, it is far more productive and profitable.
Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#4I wish people were able to think about what is really doing on here for themselves for a few seconds instead of swallowing whole the prepackaged rhetoric from either side; on one side we have "corporations are evil and must be taxed just as heavily as we want to tax the life out of all citizens to support others against their will", and on the other side we have "corporations are benevolent angels who are constantly…
Corporate "slaves" are some of the best paid in history. I'm sure the "model" figured out that if their labor is generally wealthier, it is far more productive and profitable.
I wonder what the average Walmart slave earns.
Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Corporate "slaves" are some of the best paid in history. I'm sure the "model" figured out that if their labor is generally wealthier, it is far more productive and profitable.
I wonder what the average Walmart slave earns.
Last I checked they don't have slaves. They have employees who are working by their own volition.
Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#6Who cares? Is it illegal? I'd be willing to bet 39B that it's not.
Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#7I wish people were able to think about what is really doing on here for themselves for a few seconds instead of swallowing whole the prepackaged rhetoric from either side; on one side we have "corporations are evil and must be taxed just as heavily as we want to tax the life out of all citizens to support others against their will", and on the other side we have "corporations are benevolent angels who are constantly…
Corporate "slaves" are some of the best paid in history. I'm sure the "model" figured out that if their labor is generally wealthier, it is far more productive and profitable.
>"it"
refering to people as "it" is kind of wrong
also the only reason its better (if thats even true) is because things used to be so shitty that anything is better than that
Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Corporate "slaves" are some of the best paid in history. I'm sure the "model" figured out that if their labor is generally wealthier, it is far more productive and profitable.
I wonder what the average Walmart slave earns.
What's up with the bullying my friend!? They're hard-working people and they're well compensated. No need to make a "slave" reference!
Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#9Um. Puerto Rico is part of the United States.
Re: Microsoft had shifted at least $39B in U.S. profits to Puerto Rico
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Corporate "slaves" are some of the best paid in history. I'm sure the "model" figured out that if their labor is generally wealthier, it is far more productive and profitable.
>"it" refering to people as "it" is kind of wrong also the only reason its better (if thats even true) is because things used to be so shitty that anything is better than that
> refering to people as "it" is kind of wrong.
I don't agree. labor is functioning as a collective noun here. it's common to use "it" to refer to a collective noun (even if the collective is people), especially when there is a sense of the collective acting as a single unit (eg, the jury delivered its verdict).