Why Work Is Getting Worse | Asmongold Reacts 

To be fair the USA got massive boost of economy during that time because of World War II

Tbf this only worked because there wasn't equality. They could pay black people, women, and other minorities (back then it was Italians, Irish, whoever the 'undesirables' of the time were) significantly less for certain jobs, which allowed for higher wages for the "premium" workers, and lower costs for consumerism. Obviously equality was the right call, but neoliberals also used this excuse to pay people less across the board. And then use politics to pit is against eachother. Asmon mentioned that the rich always pit half of the poors against the other. Not a big surprise to see why the red/blue polarization of this country is so contentious right now, as corporations and billionaires keep robbing us blind and fking us over.

@@dafazain5978 That was the case worldwide not just in the USA.

That's because women weren't diluting wages by entering the workforce en masse.

Wemon ruin everything

Crazy how that happened lmao right

Let's be fair here the trains were derailing before then, too. It's just that there was a particularly horrific one with horrifying chemicals that crashed that brought more eyes on the issue.

Railways have always derailed, the news media just doesn't cover it, they only covered it because it benefited them politically Infrastructure fails daily and the news media never covers it until they can get political points to blame Republicans or democrats

@Quintessence nah, apparently it's more important to pat trans people on the back when they shoot up schools

@@id2k. Yes since we all know republicans are known for their labor friendly stances. /sarcasm. The only ones who have a good record of workers rights/union support are progressives, but they have little to no power on the federal level. Unfortunately progressives often get lost in the sauce with grievance politics.

Christ, I have to say that it's probably time to leave.

i had about 10 years on the streets, im now out for good, i have a sure roof above my head, and i hope you get to this as well but let me tell you one thing brother, it doesnt really change all that much, you solve that problem, 3 more pop up, and so on ad infinitum. Im in Europe and here is basically even worse as the possibilities are far less as in the states. We do have social security, which is about 2/3 of the minimum wage (today i'd get about 400euros or there about) and we also have a system where if you have even a minimum wage job, you dont get any help of the state, you must not have any income to be able to get our social security. The system is fucked everywhere my friend and the whole world is in need of change

Same...I been homeless multiple times. It's just impossible if you're poor. In a way, I long for death...at least I'd have no more needs that need to be met and never get met, and wouldn't have to worry about slaving away at some job I hate, with an already disabled brain and body. Fuck me US sucks.

@@dragongamerboi13 yeah its hard to clear enough income a month in a honest way living like that, one thing you mention as well that people really dont get is the toll it takes on you physically and mentally. I was lucky that i was surrounded with mostly good people, it made all that much easier. One advice i can give you and it really helped me is this, dont work for others work for yourself and start valuing your time correctly, even tho you are in a bad spot, your time is still worth an X ammount, might not be to everyone the same, so what you do is find those people that value your time more than others and stick with them. Try to get a job you dont hate as much and that doesnt have you slave for somebody, start small. You dont have to clear that 3k right away, clear 1k while still feeling good about yourself (which in your situation i know its hard) and take it from there, make a balance of what it cost you to clear that 1k once you do, see how much time effort and keeping your mouth shut and head down it took, if it looks to much, fuck that job it aint for you, move on. Get to one where your investment (outside of time) is minimal and the reward for it big enough. Go on from there. The way i did this was, i ended on the street and a social worker helped me find a job in a factory, as soon as i got there, the problems started as they knew i was sent by the social worker and was homeless, so yeah, it was a super nice environment to work in, despite all that i showed up clean on time every day, i liked the work as i was alone with a machine all day but still coworkes kept hiding their shit when i went by, i could not bum cigarettes off them as nobody gave me the time of their day, so 2 weeks pass like that and there i am miserable working for 25e per day while the guy im living with, sells dope 2 hour x day and clears 200e daily (which he then spent on more drugs), so i started dealing dope as well, the italians came in droves at that time so there was enough for everyone. The mistake i made was i eventually started using is which really minimizes your profits if you a dumbass like me. If i just kept my nose clean, 6 months and i'd be off the street right there and then without much problems but because im a dumbass ofc there were complications, i still got out eventually and now i work only for myself, i found the way to live with minimum income and still be happy,i dont need to be rich. OH another fucked up thing nobody tells you is that when you eventually get off the streets the problems only really start, it's a lot of work, i havent done it all yet, still chugging along as best i can and it feels like it will never really go away, you know, the feeling of having nothing to show for your life, ehh im not an natural english speaker so i dont know how to really say it but if you are in the shit you will understand anyway. Hope things get better for you soon, do not give up,there is happines for you out there all you need to is find it and know when you do you never let go .

@@dragongamerboi13 A-fucking-men

We are actively cutting child labour laws right now in several states

@@yt_nh9347 very heartless. Some would propose a base level of material conditions. Not a generation ago someone could support a family doing a necessary job for society like being a janitor. And felt much less alienated from their jobs. The entire point is things are rapidly worsening. And will continue to do so.

@@yt_nh9347there’s not even new jobs to replace the ones we’re losing. You need to look at thing with a Dialectical materialist analysis. Why are things the way they are, so profits can continue to go toward the top? For how much longer?

They set up a yarn down there. In the mines.

​@@yt_nh9347 the sewing machine essentially put entire generations of women out of work too , I use this point to the red pillers , women DID work throughout history it's only small portions of time due to the technology and no alternative for them

Bro that s so fucked up man... Wtf how is this even happening?

@@gokulsivakumar4930 already happened in factories, now it’s happening in white collar sector too: outsourcing.

@@i_dream_of_memes Automation in factories happens everywhere... Technology replacing manpower is inevitable... The thing he mentioned above is jus inhumane

@@gokulsivakumar4930 Automation isn’t outsourcing. Moving factories to China and Mexico where they can pay workers 0.10$/hr is outsourcing, and you’re right- it’s inhumane.

@@i_dream_of_memes We need to build an AI that will kill the rich.

Ez 5head

Feel like people saying robots take jobs, all lose sight of the automation and maintenance teams required to keep them running as intended. Less unskilled workers, but creates a need for a skilled team to maintain and adjust. I am biased, as this benefits me and drives up the demand for my skillset.

Aware

@@chrisklooz9538 You are deluded if yout hink automation is good for workers. If it was , company wouldnt transfer to automations.

@@tehbeernerd Curious: what would be your solution then?

@Vercusgames Who can blame them when you looking at the the statistics just like what is being said even in this video. Record profits above all at the expense of future generations .. they dont see a positive future.

@Vercusgames "These younger generations have stopped trying." Why the hell would anyone try in a job where everyone will treat you like shit no matter what because you're doing that specific job? Good on everyone in a position to retain their self respecting and look for opportunities that will actually help them instead of being treated like literal dirt by assholes.

Yes through unionizing. Socialism.

This sounds like where I used to work and had to leave it got so bad everyone plans on quitting

​@@tankforbank7603I have conversations with Boomers regarding the economy everyday. I am in Sales. They are simply out of touch, and have no desire to change their mindsets or perspective. Being in the higher end spectrum for "wealth" the system worked for them... these people do not care about the people whom it doesn't work for.

And when you do some research, you start to see how much worse these other systems are, than capitalism. There's a HUGE reason why people move away from socialist countries, to the US. And easily, 99% of them have said its WAY better here in the US, vs their previous lives in socialism.

@@xalderin3838 Bro claims there's a huge reason why people move away from socialist countries, then does not state it lmao I can tell you, it's because of America's foreign policy! Imposing embargoes, sanctions and ensuring socialist countries are locked out of the global market, and trying their best to collapse socialist countries, either economically or politically! "99% of them have said it's WAY better here in the US, vs. their previous lives in socialism." because 99% of those people who run from socialist countries are the capitalists who used to live in that country, lol their whole business was nationalized and now runs better and smoother under the care of the workers, y'know, people who actually step into the office/factory/restaurant and do the work? Finally, to @Alrithin Greed finds a way, sure. Human nature is fickle, deeply flawed, and ever-so beautiful. But, instead of rewarding it's worst parts like greed and power, we incentivized things like, community, kinship and empathy. Human nature is shaped by the system, and not the other way around. In every age, under every system ever known will try to claim otherwise to justify the system's contradictions when confronted with the totality of human nature. Remember that, if nothing else.

@@Relflow It's anecdotal, but I'll say it anyway. My family fled the Castro regime even though they were dirt poor and definitely not the "capitalists" the regime was targeting. There is a lot more that happens in a socialist revolution than just the purging of the capitalists, so boiling those who flee down to just that group is inaccurate. There've been plenty of people fleeing such countries that left with only a couple bucks in their pockets (if even that). It's not just the rich who flee. And as much as human nature has beautiful points to it, there are some aspects that we cannot change without fundamentally changing humanity. Such as irrationality. Emotions are not derived from nurture but rather from nature, and as such the issues that arise with emotions cannot and will not be solved by simply changing the system one is in. So while I do _heavily_ disagree with the other guy and think he's being hyperbolic _at best,_ I do not think this is correct either. Neither system is good, neither system works. Humanity will _never_ be able to create a "good" society as it currently stands, and unfortunately it is impossible to completely change the underlying human psyche (except possibly by committing some enormous atrocity on a scale never seen before). My mentality is that different systems work better or worse for different cultures/peoples/eras. The system should reflect the people within it, rather than having a blindly idealistic system forced upon them. These "one size fits all" ideas never consider the people they are talking about, always boiling them down into a single homogenous mass that is exactly like all others. So to each society their own. Some maybe desire and be suited for socialism, some for capitalism. It is hardly our place to speak for people far removed from our own notions and culture, and so these sweeping generalizations about systems always seem to be shallow in thought, regardless of what team you're batting for. Everything always looks better on paper, and the grass is always greener on the other side after all.

It’s not true. That’s literal propaganda by cpaitalnowners to make you think there is no other way. “To say greed is human nature under a system that rewards greed is like coal miners thinking black lung is human nature.”

@@kindafreexp1415 Your family fled to America because America imposed sanctions/embargoes to your home country and as a result, your family's living standard declined. When I made that generalization, I was just mocking them and their "99%" claim. "There are some aspects that we cannot change without fundamentally changing humanity. Emotions are not derived from nurture but rather from nature, and as such the issues that arise with emotions cannot and will not be solved by simply changing the system one is in." I literally just said, "Human nature is shaped by the system, not the other way around. In every age, under every system ever known will try to claim otherwise to justify the system's contradictions when confronted with the totality of human nature." "Neither system is good, neither system works. Humanity will never be able to create a "good" society as it currently stands..." Let me ask you, what are your objective metrics on a successful society? I have a seriously good idea on what that looks like and I can describe you what I think they should be. The basic right of humans are enshrined and enforced, their basic needs, food, healthcare and housing are met fully and with the highest quality that is possible, they have an actual say in how their community and society's direction moves toward. For example. A democratic workplace (i.e worker's co-op/unionized workplace) you get to have a say on how the workplace is conducted, how your hours and work is managed and then you are apart of how the company moves forward via investments and the distribution of company profits into your worker's wages/company costs etc. Here we go folks, speedrun time. -------------------------------------------------------------------- "My mentality is that different systems work better or worse for different cultures/peoples/eras..." My mentality is that different systems come, evolve, and then die. Capitalism is next to step into a grave. "...The system should reflect the people within it, rather than having a blindly idealistic system forced upon them..." Capitalism is completely centered around the 1%. Not the 99% of workers lol "...These "one size fits all" ideas never consider the people they are talking about, always boiling them down into a single homogenous mass that is exactly like all others..." Yeah they do consider the people they are talking about, its just that there are ALWAYS systemic contradictions that eventually cause the crumbling of the system itself. For Slave societies, slaves get old and die and you cannot keep up with slavery forever. For Capitalism, the accumulation of wealth toward the top is an unbalancing act, causing the right conditions for a violent revolution from either fascists or communists. "...So to each society their own..." Yeah, until a higher society imposes its power onto a lower society causing its members to move elsewhere. In a world THIS interconnected, you cannot afford to be isolationist anymore. Cuba is a prime example of that. "...Some maybe desire and be suited for socialism, some for capitalism...." Everyone yearns for the fulfilled promise of being cared for and freedom to be whatever the hell they want to do and be. "...It is hardly our place to speak for people far removed from our own notions and culture, and so these sweeping generalizations about systems always seem to be shallow in thought, regardless of what team you're batting for." If that's how you view it, then you are really lost in a simplistic view of the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------- To end, "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win." - Karl Marx

Live longer but we can't exactly work longer. It's not like we remain "young" longer. How people don't get that...

So you would rather them die...

It’s more like “we’re able to artificially inflate life expectancy to make the illusion that people are healthy enough to work longer”

"It is tasteless to prolong life artificially." _Albert Einstein_

@@qualityassurance8668 There is no solution to that problem that the pro tax side will concede to. We can't just fund people for 50+ years after they stop giving anything back into the economy. The ONLY solution is to entirely get rid of the income tax and allow people to save and invest HOW THEY CHOOSE. Even if you get a $30/h an hour job most of that is coming out in taxes and it gets worse as the pay drops. Then there is sales tax, then there is gas tax, then there is tax on electricity. You probably only get half of what you are actually paid as usable income

What they describe is just getting "used to it". The body can adapt to a lot. But with a shift like that, especially back to back, you're not only taking on too much work, you don't get any recovery which I'd argue is the most damaging part.

Met too many people in warehouses with bad backs. The production standards they put on some of these jobs doesn't allow good posture and enough rest.

You load fifteen tons And whadda you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store

The human body can get used to a lot, but it absolutely can not get used to lack of rest. Exertion without room to recover is equivalent to just not eating food. The body falls apart.

As a black person that went through high school and had to learn about black history every year, the cotton jin begins to slow clap.

no one tought that actually, it's quite logic in the end... that's capitalism for you, it can't work without poor people

There's more jobs today, not less.

@@SnowBalling mind numbing jobs

@@seymaple I'll take mind numbing over the back breaking past.

Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm just lucky, but it always seemed like the customers were nicer than my upper coworkers to me. They were much easier to deal with than my coworker.

Thank you for your service, not even joking. I've avoided working food service because I know its hell. I worked pharmacy and we had a drive through, that shit is absolutely brutal. Coke heads screaming over their prescriptions and I have to tell them its illegal to give them more until the next day or their insurance etc. Anyway hope you never have to go back to food.

As someone who is nice to service workers and restaurants employees, I’ve noticed that not only have customers started to act worse and entitled but so have the a lot of employees in fast food atleast(I’ve had burgers thrown towards me after they fixed my burger that they gave to me wrong in the first place). It’s usually teenagers doing both from what I’ve seen but I’ve seen some really bad adult customers😂

​@@austinlarrimore6542 well, guess if the employees get treated worse they also treat customers worse. I worked 1st level support for some time and I would never degrade people in the service industry. It wasn't so bad but there were some pretty horrible customers, had a lawyer from a customer emailing after the customer wasn't refunded within a week (package didn't even arrive at out facility again and law says 14 days refund period after providing proof of return-shipment). And it was for like 100€... And I know I was lucky, this way only email support. I don't want to know what call center employees go through and then fast food workers have to run around all the time in a very heated environment, probably get told all the time to be faster and have to endure customers that lay out their anger issues on you.

Did you tell the customer to go back to Mexico?

"I'm sorry sir, we are only hiring empty husks to put to work."

"Sorry, I thought this was a regular job not a slavery contract"

Lie to them, they don't deserve the truth.

"everyone has other commitments, you might not need to hire anyone if that's what you're looking for"

Legit went to my bosses boss regarding this subject. Ironically she not only understood completely, but she felt the same way when I also mentioned my dog and a few other logic flaws regarding scheduling.

You mean the guys who opened the business and bought all the equipment and paid your salary are taking profits for themselves???? How dare they???? I don't see the world as worker vs. fatcat but this happened because the price of most labor is going down all the time. There are still lots of people with labor worth paying top dollar for, and they're getting top dollar. The rest of us have gotten so used to having our company take care of us that we don't just go on the market and get more for what we're providing of our own initiative, or just straight up ignore economic realities (working on an assembly line doesn't make you valuable), and instead blame people for doing things none of us would hesitate for a second to do ourselves in their shoes. It's insane

​@btsnake That business owner earns 0 dollars without his workers. Remember that even if you are flipping burgers at McDonald's, the moment workers leave, there is no longer a business. Workers have value, they are the most valuable thing in a company. You can replace a CEO, not the workers. Americans need to learn from the French and go on strikes.

@@orpheus0108 the employees earn zero dollars without the business too, bud. And just as they can go work somewhere else, a business can hire other employees too. Maybe it's not as one sided as you think, but what do I know, not compared to a guy who thinks strikes are good. The mistake is thinking that labor isn't a market, too.

Yeahs, the world really needs multi millionaires and billionaires. Poor them. Americans are so brainwashed. The devide in wealth is at the same point as around the afrende Revolution. Its greed.. Look at the Philips brothers, The Hershey Brothers, Ford etc.. they realized that paying workers properly, giving them free time, health care and education made them much more productive, happy and content. They would also make enough money to afford their own companies product. Less profits, more to share around is what makes the world go round. A strong middle class is needed for a stable society. Nobody needs billionaires though

​@@orpheus0108The business owner can do the work, the business owner can even find others to do the work if the current ones leave. It's a balance but most people don't have a high enough IQ to understand.

Nobody is forcing you to stay. Walmart isn't the only big box retail.

Sounds like hell

​@@Veteran_Spartan depends on where you live. Sometimes, Walmart is the only place you can work. Either that, or the mom and pop that really can't afford to pay.

Just remember that Walmart could have the best air conditioning on the planet and the owners would never notice a difference in their standard of living.

That sounds awful, and illegal....water costs next to nothing (considering..) to provide to your employees. I work at an Amazon delivery station and they have like 5-7 water things around the warehouse, and it's a small-ish warehouse, where you can stop any time to grab water, obviously don't do it every single time you make a trip but yeah lol. Your place sounds absolutely horrible to work at, the breaks like that? our PA (process assistant - like assistant manager) tells us when we're done with picking routes (pick and stage) to take a 15m then either VTO or to do other work if you wanna stay. Even crazier is timing your bathroom breaks, like what? it all sounds illegal, but I'm sure somehow it's not due to loopholes.

I wonder what could have caused this? If only we could figure it out...

They also effectively doubled the workforce with the addition of women, allowing for an approximate 40-50% reduction in salaries (the value of labour). Not that having women working is bad, but it HAS worked towards the devaluation of labour

The government loves being able to tax 2 people instead of 1.

​@@evan5935lol, it's actually true, and many women dream of having a man support them, how about you let go of your job so a man can actually support you?

@@drago1uk2000cultural shift. Movies like wolf of wallstreet made it cool to be a greedy psychopath

Yup, that makes sense.

It's true. It's actually bring "professional cretinism" for people that laser focused on one skill and absolute incompetent in every other aspects of life including social skills.

Yup exactly. In broader terms, the skill sets "allowed" (unless you're an entertainer being able to clap multiple times a second probably won't help with the bills lol) are being narrowed. This wouldn't be a huge deal if folks could easily adapt and there were a ton of jobs floating around. But in reality there's a ton of competition while a lot of folks simply aren't techy enough to do the job (as in the material flies by their head. Everyone has some subjects they tend to struggle with, having jobs be based on those is a pain in the butt. Unfortunately hyperspecialized jobs in those areas means you're screwed). The idea that automation improves lives was only true in the context of it being used to help folks. But when it's used by publicly traded large corps that are financially obligated to make decisions that drive up profits...yeah, automation is being used as a tool to oppress people. In this context AI is perhaps the worst thing that could have happened to humanity because it makes it a whole lot easier for a small group of people to control the many. This will only get worse with time and I'm sad very few people are talking about it, instead harping on about AI overlords when really we should be focusing on corporate overlords, aka cyberpunk 2077...

Reminds me of modern times by chaplin

Your*. What do you think of jfk in general?

@@xXJLNINJAXx another politician, just a man.

​@@xXJLNINJAXx He was another geopolitical war criminal. As far as domestic policies, I don't know enough to have an opinion.

The CIA didn't like him apparently@@iPlayOnSpica

​@@iPlayOnSpicamore Kissinger than JFK but yes to all.

People have been caught up in consumerism and now dont know how to manage their own money anymore. Not like its taught in schools or anything but still.

​@GiRR007 If this is your mindset then you come from an extremely privileged perspective. I got lucky, the right people have me a chance, but by all metrics I should be making $20/hrs in a shit hole apartment still eating hot dogs and Ramen. No amount of penny pinching would have pulled me out of that hole.

not if youre upper management.. sadlol

Never played wow in my life but asmond is such a great entertainer. Imo he has a very balanced outlook on most issues.

Socialist economics

No dont! You don’t want UBI. Do i actually have to explain how a system with powers as the universal distribution of people's income will be bad for every one besides for the sugar daddies or any other privileged organ/entity. Would be smarter for you to ride alongside the opposition. Cut loose any chains tying you to central positions of power, while improving your power in selfreliance

@@swearylie yes, it will solidify the existence of the permanent underclass

@@greenburg2276 yes. Even though central banks already have the exclusive right to form and sell otherwise worthless banknotes. So that already kinda exists. UBI would tighten grip by a lot though

"I started as a junior manager on my father's company, then i climbed the ranks and now i'm CEO, all through hard work, no luck or anything like that involved, if i can do it, everyone can!". Or my favorite: "i started this company from 0, all by myself, my father, who already owns a huge company, only gave me a meager 1 million dollars to start out, and then i worked hard and made this company what it is today, if i can do it, anyone can!". ^^ Vast majority of those people you described lol, and like, i have no problem with that, you have rich parents that help you, that's awesome, my problem is them trying to sell this idea of "anyone can do it", but they always hide these "small details" that i mentioned in my examples.

I work at a company where it is sec 8. The amount of poor people who just sit at home and collect checks is also a Problem.if your poor the only person who gets you out of that situation is you.

@@davidkunkle3262 For sure. I worked my life away as a wage slave and have nothing to show for it. I might as well have just sat around and gotten drunk all day... Why work for a wage that you can't even live on? The grind might work for you... but stuff like that can only last so long... most small businesses don't make it... There is merit in hard work, it's just that the profits are not shared with the workers in the US.

@@produceman13 nice give another excuse. Like I said I've worked in the industry for 20 years and that's not the attitude of these people. It's I need my check and I deserve the money. Not only that is damaging the future if you're poor you can't pass down Wealth but you can pass down knowledge. The knowledge that is being passed down to these kids is how to live off the government. I have literally seen generations of tenants were their kids grow up get pregnant before they're 18 and are on section 8 by the time they're 18. You're giving excuse for why people aren't even trying to work for a living. If your plan is to get a job at McDonald's after high School no s*** you would want to be on government help. You say it solves a problem. that is no way to live trust me I see it everyday. This isn't me thinking it like you. I see the destruction and how these people live and that's no life to have or want for someone. The real problem is the corrupt government that has sent all of our jobs overseas allows these companies to get away with slave labor overseas while we suffer here. Also section 8 is another system that incentivizes the mother-to-be single. I could go on forever about how destructive this lifestyle is. That is for the majority of people. There are some people that have nice clean houses go to work and pay the majority of their bills. If that was the overwhelming majority of people I wouldn't even have an issue. I can tell you that's not even close.

​@@davidkunkle3262Excuse me, but the government did not force companies overseas. Nor, did it create our extremely large portion of poor communities. The government is simply the reflection of the dominate powers within a society. Those of whom, over the coarse of generations, have derailed a significant population from making gains. Generational wealth, property, and education has played a much larger role in those doomed communities. Welfare families are a syptom of a much larger problem...

They don't care because they're all on Alzheimer's medicine.

It's not capitalism it's hybrid connecting worst from socialism, capitalism and fascism together 😅 You're so right, it's based on fair competition otherwise it turns ugly.

you're all delulu on that capitalism copium xD

​Nope, good sir you don't have knowledge of.whats going on, Socialism has been progressing across the west, camptalism is gone over 50years that's why we all struggle ​@@lorddeus369

"on that capitalism copium" Let's take the opposite, Communism Let me list 10 successful Communist countries: And thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

@@snickle1980 insane story man

for that money i can't blame them

ChInA hAs SoCiAl CrEdIt yeah buddy, how's that credit score? Enjoying the food bank because the real bank won't cover your shopping bill?

cash is a hot potato - always has been.

Credit score is so bullshit. I had to have my dad co sign my new truck I bought after an accident because I had no real history despite putting fucking 10k down on the 15k truck.

@@Deminese2 you mean you needed a signature to use money you didn't have in the first place, to buy a new car, and somehow that's bullshit? Okay.

@@swampthing7234 i put 10k down on a 15k vehicle and they didn't trust me enough for the other 5k so yes its bullshit.

Anytime the government names a bill, expect the opposite. The Patriot Act was unpatriotic. The Affordable Care Act was unaffordable. The Inflation Reduction Act reduced nothing.

@@dobermanownerforlife3902 EXACTLY. I was in the military when the PATRIOT act was passed. My coworkers and I thought they were joking when they announced they were creating a US Committee for State Security... err.. I mean "Department of Homeland Security"

@@pjpleiss me too. The patriot act is why I turned down a 25k reinlistment bonus. Essayons!

My father would say something similar, "You can't get blood from a stone."

It’s called debt maxing. Buy a bunch of gold or appreciable assets with credit. Don’t pay it back. “Lose” it. Then profit

@@Cabbage22927 instructions unclear now homeless

You managed to argue for pay but you couldn't stop doing overtime?

@@AimbotFreak I like money -Mr. Krabs

Not how that works. Supply is limited. If you change wages "meaningfully" across the board, you get 1 of 2 things: workers starving to death or more expensive goods.

@@MikeSW supply and demand wasn't the part of the cost analysis. As someone who has worked for good and bad bosses: My previous employer frequently made excuses for not giving employees raises that it would raise prices. However my current employer recognizes if he increases my wages to allow me to survive inflation, I work harder and he makes more money without raising prices. There is a human value in economics that frequently gets left out of the equation.

@@MikeSW Supply of what exactly is limited? If the employer is forced into paying higher wages then yes he will push the cost down to the consumer, but if the wage increase happens as part of negotiations between employer and employee then the cost more than likely will not go up. Rising prices will also affect your overall sales too, because people will be less likely to spend. This also goes into a normal cost benefit analysis by an employer when considering raising an employee's salary.

I work for a private ambulance company and for the first 6 years of my employment the parent company refused to increase our pay. Fast forward to 2018 and we got a new parent company that promised increased pay over the course of 5 years. Well they were dragging their feet until 2020 and you know what happened. All the people with experience (20+ year medics) said "Welp its about time I retire" and a lot more quit due to the heinous call volume. We were working with 40% staffing across the county during the busiest time in EMS history and the parent company not only gave us $4+ pay increases but also double double time. I was making $74 dollars an hour that year with overtime and now 4 years later we have had three more pay increases and are nearly full staffing in the county and new culture of workaholics and quality EMTs and Medics since we're compensated amongst the best in the country. We are one the most profitable counties in their portfolio now. Increased pay = Increased interest = employers can hire the best option = quality work = continuous contract renewal = $

Idk who makes mistakes, but to be honest, from my experience food gets mixed up way ,WAY to often to consider it ups everyone can make mistakes. Its more like you are glad it was not mixed up this time.

As someone who works fast food at this very moment, I appreciate your comment and I couldn’t have said it better myself!

try age care/ disability

Thats 4 years you will never get back, and what do you have to show for those 4 years? Not a lot probably, i did the same with a retail job, wouldn't do it again thats for sure.

Im sorry but why did it take you 4 years to realize this and not go literally anywhere else?

​@Vaz G Could just be because everyone's situation is different. They probably realized it in the first week, but they likely needed to continue making money until a better opportunity arose.

@@blackhat4206 I understand, but it usually doesnt take this long. My parents who were immigrants with no opportunities worked there for a few months

"middle aged"

Always has been 💁🏼‍♂️

I think you're right.. I'm 32 lmao

We out here dawg

48 here. Now I'm going to take my bp meds.

@@Brekner you, me and millions of others. We should be free to opt out and invest our money however we want. Some politicians have tried to bring that idea on the floor, but they need our money to fund this for our aging demographic.

Abolish the federal government ?

I’m loosing huge amounts of my paycheck to taxes alone. I’m losing $1400+ a month in taxes. For what? It doesn’t seem like our taxes are being used for the benefit of the country but rather the benefit of the elite.

@@JRF32100 The amount you receive in retirement is directly tied to how much you contribute. If you contribute nothing you get nothing in retirement. Your comment shows your ignorance

@@TheAwesomeness1123 I amended my reply to cause less confusion. Obviously you have to pay into SSI to receive the benefits (or be a family member of a contributor who did). But part of the reason we are into this mess is that we have an aging demographic of a lot more elderly people not working than we have people paying into SSI.Technically those people who are contributing now are funding SSI for people who are no longer contributing. And because of both normal inflation and hyper inflation, what those retirement age people did contribute is not nearly what we are contributing now and what they actually need to live off of SSI. They paid their dues, but that doesn't change the fact that we are in a mess for those reasons. Also, you CAN get more back from SSI than you contributed, depending on what you contributed and how long you live after you initially start receiving the benefits.

I did food service for only a few months, realized I cant handle it. Incredibly stressful.

Hey, they say we might get cancer vaccines by 2030 and Alzheimer cures by 2040... although those may not be accessible in a country with a healthcare system like the US...

Your penis ??? Jk

Porn is much better, so is fetishes and niche hobbies like gaming and music creation. Some classics will always be peak tho.

Sure Jan

​@@erikrulez17 it has just a little since Elon Musk took over Twitter

I ran a warehouse for a solar company. I had to keep track of 32 trucks their maintenance and who was assigned to them. Their registration and insurance. AND I had to clean the insides and make sure they were stocked.... that was JUST the trucks. I also had an inventory of roughly 4 to 5 million dollars worth of solar panels and Tesla power walls (batteries). I had to know the pipeline months in advance and have the jobs kitted wrapped and ready to load up the the night before. I was also in charge of purchasing any and all parts required to finish the job. All for 19.50 an hour. 4 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday. I asked for a raise after 2 years and they said "We will see." So naturally I fucked everything up and put in my 2 weeks. I still get emails asking me to come back its been almost 2 years. 😂😂😂

They will run us into the ground and act like a 50 dollar amazon gift card is a good "bonus" 😅

​@Abraxas99x that's insane man, good on you to get out and hopefully find something better

@@andywalker7081 went to another solar company took my knowledge of how everything worked got battery certified and they almost immediately gave me a project management position. I make my own schedule and got a company car out of it. Heads up to anyone needed a 30 hr job. Solar is booming for Enphase Battery certified personel and its like a free 8 hour course. But the industry is like omegle you gotta pick the one that's not just a huge dick. 😅

@@andywalker7081 No joke they JUST called me again asking how I was! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's like they KNOW I'm talking shit!

💯 💯 💯

I see it more like feudalism, I wish we had real competition. Like Toyota came out with a truck they could sell here for 25k new but its blocked by the big 3 lobbists.

Corporatism where the policies fit the company, not the workers.

Slow but it will continue until no one can afford anything but the elite.

Pretty much this. And Socialism isn't the answer where the government will have even more money and waste it even more..

​​@@Robocrap Please socialism is the better alternative. It's not just printing money. It's about holding corporations accountable and taxing them appropriately, And the workers own the means of production nothing to do with government

@@raetavia8223 lmao… socialism is just a precursor to communism. Last time I checked, socialistic/communistic countries aren’t holding their government and large corporations accountable. The true answer is that it’s much more complex and pointing the finger at one thing isn’t going to fix it. Also, I think communism/socialism works well in a small community, but when you have a large governing body at the top, then corruption eventually finds its way there if it hasn’t already. It doesn’t matter what we do in the US because the people with the money are the ones who will always have the most control. If we want change, people need to stop playing sheep first.

​@@raetavia8223 "hold corporations accountable" so regulations? You do realize capitalism can have regulations against big business.

Ultra wealthy pay SS and often opt out of benefits because they don't need the money.

That indeed, add the runaway, unaudited military budget of the country ($800+ Billion dollars this year alone) Billion with a 'B'. Makes his "buy less bombs statement" truly something to consider. Between that and the fair tax contribution by the wealthy, you could almost eliminate child poverty in America. But some boardroom of shareholders somewhere would vote it down probably.😕 Not exaggerating.

so... you rather have factories to be more environmentally hazardous half way across the world with slave labor wages and hours because it would be cheaper and robots would be used here anyway?

@@lordjaraxxus5418 do you have a better solution?

@@Warrenoh tax goods from foreign adversaries (china, russia, etc) to make it at least more fair to compete with made in America. There would be carbon footprint savings just from not sending materials from here, to china, and back. Hell, even change China's status from a developing country to (I forgot the other term) so they don't get subsidized shipping (basically developed countries subsidized the shipping of developing countries).

@@lordjaraxxus5418 I mean yeah thats a start, but these big corporations are going to make sure they can keep their costs as low as possible

@@Warrenoh like hiring illegal immigrant children to work in factories? Yes, this is happening.

act 235 certified? (along the lines of i just realized its on for PA)

How convenient. At least you were willing.

Damn he got you for the low low! 😢 I'm sorry that happened. I know it's probably not the worst thing to happen but still probably annoying to think about now and again.

did you roller skate with a beautiful girl? and make her dinner in the cafe? I think I saw your movie.

How is that even possible when u get hired they need ur id for tax purposes

Heyo target employee here an boy I got shit to make your head spin. One example: my TL had shown all of us an email from corporate demanding they write/couch us more because no one was getting in trouble for over 5 months. Now flash to today our entire shift (overnight) is gone they didn’t even say shit till the final week. Which many have kids and families to take care of. Another example: Our store director (she Spanish) celebrated juneteenth (which isn’t bad but) she mass ordered fried chicken, watermelon, and grape cool aid. She didn’t get fired but I bet my paycheck if it was a white male or female they would have been. Regardless of color that was racist af and she should have been let go. I got tons more stories including shit happening rn but I won’t rant any longer.

What is neo-liberalism?

Postmodern dumbocracy

@@MikeSW basically the alt right

I've been working at the same place for almost 2 years now. People keep quitting because the place is awful, because there's less people they ask us to work harder for the same pay. Then the only people who stay are the people who desperatly need the money to survive like me... and you end up with a workspace full of selfish people who dont want to do their job but are only there to get by. Everyone trying to do as less as possible, effing everyone over.

@@LeonardoTheMomo I am that person. I will do bare minimum to stay and i they cant fire me for it. And others should do the same. Work smart not hard. Fuck the higher ups, just do you.

@@darkshad0wbee483 you’ve never worked a register, have you? You don’t need to know anything other than basic math (addition, subtraction, etc) because the computer does the math for you

You say that likes it’s a bad thing. We NEED to phase out service jobs from our economy with automation.

@@domerame5913 No, what will happen is that service industry workers will find a new job in other fields. If you believe in the billionaire overlord theory like a lot of leftists you’d realize they already have taken that option into account and history shows they’ll move to another job market.

@@domerame5913 I think that’s an unfair question. The honus of proof is on you. Tell me what industries AI will completely take over and kick most/all humans out of?

@@domerame5913 For what? What is the point of phasing out service workers if they will phase out the consumers that spend money at their stores?

​@Grant Todd marriage is a financial contract. If your spouse makes debt, you are liable.

You should not inform debt companies of a loved ones passing, you should immediately begin the probate/will process and only go out of your way to pay stuff that they file onto the case to make a claim for, call the card companies 'as a nephew that wants to cancel her cards'

Most Americans actually have no clue how inflation works.

@@MikeSW most americans (American here) have no idea how to critically think - even through common sense things like the relationship between (IQ) averages and population sizes. Easier just to shout at the "other" and repeat what they hear.

@@MikeSW I love and listening to so many macro econ podcasts. Let me tell ya, the last 5 years or so I have delved into this subject. I have met maybe 3 people that can talk economics, trades, inflation deflation. Seems like people love money but dont understand how it works. Inflation isnt because of capitalism. Its because of fiat currency that goes buuuuurrrrrrrr. Americans need finance classes in school. I sure as hell wish I had learned it. We are seeing keynesian econ in practice right now. We need Austrian economics. Markets cant just keep going up and up. Its like a car running out of coolant, you keep running it hot with no break or cool down (deflation) your gonna blow the thing up.

Surprisingly that is not common sense.

Not to mention I get paid shit and even the actual well knowledged machinists don’t get paid great and this boss wants to hire people that don’t know anything and just click a button, very smart business plan and we’re already starting to really struggle

I work for CAT. I see all these old folks breaking their body for no reward. And I refuse. Were union so we make the same, I get 7.5 machine hours a day and 1st shift gets mad at me because he gets 10-12 machine hours a day. But he doesn’t understand he’s doing it to himself.

@@marllonluizsilva2556 true, the solution is the idea that has never worked

saved your brain cells, wise choice

skip the comments too. every one is an expert , went to school to get a good job, but are still unhappy about their life and job. Others are lucky to enjoy their work. Social media is fucking depressing. I had a good day today at work, pushing shopping carts until I clicked this video.

@@Shltunker word bro i enjoy my job and the people there, im a baggage handler at the airport but then i think about making enough money to provide a family in the future, which is when it gets real tough

​@@marllonluizsilva2556 no it's greed, blaming capitalism is dishonest, until you find a way to fix greed, the economic system you use won't change that

It’s funny to me how people never stop talking like you even though people like you have a 100% failure rate on actually improving things.

@@bhec7715 I'm talking just talking about putting some better regulations on important things like we have for food, water, electricity, etc. Those have been absolute improvements and you can look to places that have privatized water access to see it's a really bad idea.

OH and government does? try telling that to the people in Concentration camps or the Gulag take your pic.

​@@tau12usr85 wtf are you talking about???

@@tau12usr85 clown

You should have known economics is a Ponzi scheme for the elite lol.

Based!!!

@@Gungrave123 I can assure you that is not true, in a factory or large facility setting. Maybe for some turnkey machine, like a hot dog stand. But the automation taking "all" the jobs is being done in large facilities, and I can assure you being installed, programmed, and maintained by electricians, mechanics, and automation techs, none fall under what I consider white collar.

And still hordes of floor associates, in highly automated facilities.

@@Gungrave123 most automation process aren't setup with complex code. Now the way some distribution places are setup, maybe that is being done at a higher level. But the machine that picks stuff up and sets it on conveyors is likely programm on site, and adjust as needed by someone with dirty hands

Id do trade skills but i aint working 10+ hours a day picking up someones slack

Asmon has never worked actually. This is just for views unfortunately

Asmon is a scummy guy, he has said it himself. Still love him

based and fact checked pilled

Absolutely. They make everything at least ten times worse. They change your whole system right in the middle of a very high stress phase and expect it to run better. Truth is it wouldn't even run better if it had been there before the other one.

Inflation only went up like 3 percent. Capital owners use it as an excuse to inflate profit. They hit record profit year after year. They literally have to. Because it’s a flaws system

Count me in!

Wars Are good, it kills off the weak while the strong survive thereby benefiting humanity as a whole making us stronger

@@xblade11230 Hopefully your family will never have to experience war in real life.

@@xblade11230 May you live in interesting times.

Unfortunately we don't live in an imaginary world.

Yeah! You should try it 😉 bet you won’t. Lol

Food prices don't get factored into the inflation rate in the US.

@@asm2750 i was speaking for my country but still for you is worse couse they literally lie to you that is okay

@@asm2750 and most they keep moving the stats into different catagories to hide it. Its not CPI any longer its CPI-I

BUT SOCIALISM DOESNT WORK!!!!!!!!!!! DONT YOU KNOW THAT THE GHOST OF STALIN IS GOING TO POSSESS EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM????????????????? THIS IS WHY YOU MUST ACCEPT CAPITALISM FOREVER INTO PERPETUITY!!!!!!!!! STOP COMPLAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It works as long as the people are free to opt into such a thing, rather than forced to partake in that system. Personally, I prefer merit to pay off more fairly than an equal share. Not everyone adds an equal value to a company or project. That school project where two people did most of the work and the other three did fuck-all? That doesn't end moving into adulthood.