https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/21/whirlpool-ceo-says-hes-starting-to-get-worried-the-us-labor-shortage-may-become-structural.html

  • nohaybanda [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Tfw you've been exporting slavery worldwide and the labour aristocracy at the heart of empire is no longer necessary

    :porky-happy:

    • Gonzalo [they/them]
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      Yup.

      On one hand: :sicko-yes:

      On the other hand: :sicko-no:

      • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        it's because the capitalists can't outsource everything. the maintenance of the homes they own and the infrastructure they use, the people who raise their children, cook their meals, clean their laundry, bring them treats, rub their backs, who guard them while they sleep... none of that can be sent elsewhere.

        that's why they are freaking out. because they can't do shit for themselves. and if the price of labor goes up, the calculus of their fiefs might shrink.