#corporate greed

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#never trump #republican assholes #climate change #ecology #environment #green jobs #sustainability #corporate greed #maga morons #climate crisis #climate activism #climate deniers

[liberalsarecool]

A LOT of "inflation" is actually corporations taking advantage of "inflation" to hide profiteering.

#corporate greed #greedflation

[bunslvt]

I know rooster teeth had a whole fucking host of problems and haven't watched their stuff in years but I still shed a tear for another day another internet group getting bought out by big media companies because "they're successful" and then being shut down because they don't make enough profit for wall street. let things stay small. not everything needs to be contract deals and billboards the beauty of the internet should be that there's thousands of little things for people to find the niche they like, not that anything that becomes popular is obviously the next big franchise and we need to throw millions of dollars at it. We live in an era where big companies are taking everything small from us. Heardle getting bought out by Spotify and then shut down bc they realized it cost more than it made. capitalism and the Internet are not built for each other.

#late stage capitalism #politics #corporate greed #rooster teeth

[re-bee-key]

I pointed this out in a Discord server I'm in and thought Id share here:

Bob Iger announced that Disney is going to absorb Hulu, and Hulu will no longer exist next year. All shows will move to the Disney+ app.

Disney also announced they were going to remove shows and movies periodically from their streaming services.

I believe both of these moves are because of the Writers Strike.

Disney knows its going to lose the strike. There is too much public support. Specifically, the WGA is going to win writers getting more residuals from streaming.

So if Disney takes shows off of streaming, they dont have to pay the writers the residuals.

They are going to use excuses like "not enough funding for the server capacity" or "not enough views to warrent keeping the show". These are BULLSHIT. Its all greed. Its only GREED.

Pay attention to what happens in the following weeks.

And keep supporting the writers' strike.

#writers strike #writer's strike #wga #wga strike #disney #disney+ #bob iger #greed #corporate greed #my words #my thoughts #keep supporting the strike #support unions

[porterdavis]

#corporate greed #price gouging

[odinsblog]

#bob iger #disney #capitalism #corporate greed #writers strike #wga strike

[hasufin]

Shrinkflation

So, I found out a fun fact this last weekend!

Every state has a Department of Weights and Measures. One of their jobs is to make sure that companies are actually selling you the quantities they claim they're selling. For example, this is the department which tests gas pumps and makes sure they're really pumping out a gallon of gas when they charge you for a gallon of gas.

So....

If you happen to, just as an example, notice that your 1lb (16 ounce) box of San Giorgio spaghetti actually only has 10oz of noodles, and you weigh your other boxes of spaghetti to discover they run from 10 to 14 ounces but never the full pound they're supposed to have, and that's why you never seem to have enough pasta for leftovers the next day, then you can report that to the Department of Weights and Measures.

They will want to know where you bought the item, and then will investigate whether the store or the manufacturer is routinely shorting customers. If they do, they will issue a fine to the offending party, you will be eligible for a refund, and under some circumstances lawsuits may follow.

Now, I don't know the outcome of the complaint I just initiated, but they did not want to know specific receipts or times of purchase. Which is good for me as I didn't keep any of those things, at the time I just said "Wow, fuck San Giorgio" and switched brands. But this is still enough to get an inspector out.

#food #shrinkflation #theft #corporate greed

[queerism1969]

#socialism #anarchism #marxism leninism #marxism #communist #leftism #anti capitalism #fuck capitalism #eat the rich #late stage capitalism #capitalism #corporate greed #kill the rich #eat the fucking rich #fuck billionaires

[bouncinghedgehog]

#capitalism #late capitalism #corporate greed

[intersectionalpraxis]

Someone shared this on Twitter. Boeing has blood on their hands in many ways.

#feminist #social justice #current events #united states #boeing #airplanes #planes #travel #travelling #corporate greed #health and safety #airline news #airline industry #tiktoks #tiktok #signal boost #capitalism is evil #capitalism kills #covid

[smarmy-yet-satisfying]

I hate it here

Let this be a lesson against believing politicians lies.

Keeping wealth concentrated in the 1% is the end goal of capitalism.

They will do whatever is necessary to keep the working class desperate and dependent on the system that impoverishes them.

#at what point to wh break out the guillotine #i’m so serious #capitalism #late stage capitalism #silicon valley bank #bank bailout #corruption #corporate corruption #corporate greed #eat the rich #tax the 1% #tax the rich #government bailout

[socialjusticeinamerica]

It is taught in public schools.

#never trump #republican assholes #union labor #labor unions #organized labor #traitor trump #crooked donald #republican hypocrisy #corporate greed

[theconcealedweapon]

"We do this so people won't apply just for the money."

But I thought the entire reason for supporting capitalism is that financial gain is the best motive for hard work and productivity.

Was that a lie this entire time?

It's okay for landlords to only care about money. It's okay for CEOs to only care about money. But it's shameful for employees who actually produce everything to only care about money?

#capitalism #wealthy privilege #classism #corporate greed

[rejectingrepublicans]

#stop voting for those fucking republicans #tax the rich #capitalism #late stage capitalism #corporate greed #republican assholes #traitor trump #crooked donald #maga morons #republican family values #unionize now #stop stock buybacks #increase minimum wage #end corporate subsidies #end corporate welfare

[politijohn]

Interesting article explaining one way mega corporations price their competitors out of business

#corporate greed #current events #news #capitalism #politics #us politics #eat the rich #tax the rich #the left #working class

[odinsblog]

“One weird, silver lining positive from the WGA's strike has been a sense of calm over a reality that has plagued me with anxiety for years — the fact that despite having a great agent, manager, and lawyer, despite having been in hundreds of rooms with top execs and producers, despite having pitched countless networks, and despite having sold multiple pilots and pitches, I still work in food and bev. For so long, it felt like such an embarrassment in so many ways because it felt like I was the only one who was biding time in between sales with a side hustle. When I would tell people at work that I wrote television, they'd look at me like I had ten heads, or like I was delusional. They couldn't IMAGINE someone who *actually* wrote television would also be asking them what temp they wanted their salmon.

But the reality is, TV money goes fast, especially when it's just a pilot sale. And if shit doesn't get picked up to series, that money only lasts for so long. Being responsible meant swallowing my pride and keeping a job that was more consistent and steady but also gave me the ability to take pitch meetings, to write on my down time, do rewrites, answer e-mails, and take notes calls.

And for so long I thought I was a minority in that regard. Like I had done something wrong to not be successful enough to rely solely on my career as a writer.

Yet the strike has pushed SO many stories to the forefront of writers doing the exact same thing I've done, GOOD writers, great writers, writers who shit I watch all the time, whose names I instantly recognize, whose reputations in this industry precede them. So when the studios leaked that the goal was to bleed writers dry, to make it so we lost our homes, I had to laugh. Writers like me will literally do anything to keep the dream of writing alive. It's in us. It never goes away, no matter how many steaks you server, how many martinis you mix, how many cold calls you make, how many Uber passengers you pick up, how many pizzas you have to deliver. We always always always find a way to make it to that next great hope of a pitch, a sale, a green light.

And that's how you know that the CEOs are so fucking out of touch with reality. With the industry. With the POINT of the industry the point for most (not all, but most) has never been to be filthy rich, or own a yacht, or even have a membership to SoHo house. It's been to make something we love. To see it come to life, and make other people happy, or sad, or angry, or scared. To take this story you have kicking around your head and turn it into some epic journey. To be part of the process of making worlds and characters come to life. To tell stories.

The CEO's point has been to make as much money as humanly possible. And so they think that's all there is motivating writers. it's not. It never has been. Just because those CEO's wouldn't wait tables or mix drinks or drive a Lyft in order to keep a dream going, doesn't mean the rest of us wouldn't. The CEO's don't have a dream, they have a lifestyle. And I promise you a dream is a much better motivator than a yacht or a Porsche.

Try to bleed us dry, guys. Just because you'd let your own dream bleed to death, doesn't mean we would. We will always find a way to keep it alive.”

—Stefanie Williams, a tv writer on strike

#hollywood #writers strike #corporate greed #bob iger #disney #living wages #wga strong #sag aftra #writers #writing #dreams