• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    He should pay his employees more. I don’t care if he pays them twice the average for their positions, he is clearly wealthy enough that his businesses can afford it.

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      2 months ago

      The system we live under explicitly would label that guy an idiot.

      Why pay a pleb anything beyond what is necessary when you can keep it for yourself

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        2 months ago

        yeah, but that’s the societal trap. who cares what other people think if you know you’re doing the right thing by taking care of people who take care of you?

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          2 months ago

          In principle, you’re correct.

          In practice, the social pressure from rich peers will generally win out.