“They’re asking for a lot of things that are, like, kooky.” That’s Bill Maher’s take on the current state of the Writers Guild strike after his opinions were voiced on the latest …
Rich coming from a guy who owes his entire career to writers. I hate this smug piece of shit
It’s called capitalist freedom, look it up when you have the chance. That means workers have no rights and businesses have the freedom to fuck them over as much as they want.
Oh yeah I know, it’s the goog old quote with “rich and poor alike have the freedom to starve.” - Or is there some deeper theory to it, which should be known?
It’s just the cognitive dissonance that is very obvious with that specific argument, which has always struck me as odd
Nobody is owed cheap or free labour either, but these smarmy smuglords never seem to talk about that quippy gotcha.
“If minimum wage goes up, I won’t be able to afford to keep my business going” ok? Is there a law that says you have to have a business?
It’s called capitalist freedom, look it up when you have the chance. That means workers have no rights and businesses have the freedom to fuck them over as much as they want.
Oh yeah I know, it’s the goog old quote with “rich and poor alike have the freedom to starve.” - Or is there some deeper theory to it, which should be known?
It’s just the cognitive dissonance that is very obvious with that specific argument, which has always struck me as odd