Socialism = Lies, Ignorance & Envy
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Uncreative — 1 month ago(February 05, 2026 12:54 AM)
Wal Mart has about 2 million employees and made $20b in profits last year. The year before that they made $15b. The year before that was $11b. A little bit of profit sharing, which isn't socialism because there are companies who do it, would barely touch their bottom line but make a huge difference to low wage retail staff.
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Uncreative — 1 month ago(February 05, 2026 04:42 AM)
It's not an exact science. I'm sure there's economists who could give some ideal balance.
Now here's a question for you. How are the Wal Marts of the world any good for capitalism? They literally tell their workers to apply for government benefits to compensate for the ****ty Wal Mart paychecks. The whole idea of capitalism and free markets depends on competition. That's what forces companies to offer better products and prices or better wages and benefits for their employees or more of that innovation that everyone loves using as a buzz word.
We've been headed in the opposite direction for 40 years now in almost every industry. Democrats haven't even been much better than Republicans at stopping it. Everyone's favorite Republican Teddy Roosevelt broke up the Wal Marts and Googles of his day. They put his face on the side of a mountain for it. Can you imagine anything like that happening now? -
Soul_Venom — 1 month ago(February 05, 2026 04:50 AM)
It's not an exact science
Translation: I thought it sounded good to say but don't ask for figures because I don't actually know what the **** I am talking about.
At least you were smart enough not to try and bullshit some numbers. I figured you'd use the rope to hang yourself.
Trump is still your President. Charlie Kirk still Wins! -
Uncreative — 1 month ago(February 05, 2026 04:53 AM)
So you're going to completely side step everything else until you go through some ChatGPT trial and error that gives you the answer you want?
Also after looking it up a normal profit sharing amount for companies that do it is in the 3-5% range. I probably would have said 10 if I was pulling a number out of my ass which is on the high end of normal but not unheard of. Good to know my ass has decent instincts.
