• Skydancer@pawb.social
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    2 days ago

    Easy. By definition, if the money is going back into the business it isn’t profit. It’s overhead.

    • SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world
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      No, it’s still profit. It’s profit that’s reinvested into growing the business. Profit is revenue - operating costs. Scaling is not an operating cost, it’s an investment.

      • SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        Sounds to me like your trying to operate on only basic principles and not understanding the more nuanced and complicated language

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          The ones who made it possible at the beginning, and paid workers wages from their own money? Screw those guys!

          • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            What is it about being wealthy that makes you deserve a bigger share of the results of group labor?

            If anything that’s a great reason for them to get the least out of the venture, they didn’t do the work

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              Kill the bourgeoisie by taking their money through establishing co-ops. phase out the leech class. Then dine on their fuckin brains

            • Tja@programming.dev
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              2 days ago

              Well, the capital.

              Instead of fucking off to a tropical island and drink daiquiris into the sunset you decide to invest, create jobs and risk your cash.

              If you don’t like it, create your own company and work for yourself, plenty of people are doing exactly that. See how easy it is to be owner/investor.

              • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                So by being rich you deserve to do nothing and get a bigger reward?

                As someone who has family in C suite positions I know for a fact that C suites do not do more work than their employees

                If you don’t like it, create your own company and work for yourself, plenty of people are doing exactly that

                Yeah lemme just suddenly have capital, just like magic, the system totally isn’t designed to make that nearly impossible for the average person

                Fuck out of here bootlicker, learn not to defend the rich cunts you’ll never get to be a part of

                • Tja@programming.dev
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                  By being rich you can choose to use your money to employ others and create value. Or enjoy daiquiris on the beach. Your money, your choice. Same as they deserve to have a house as big as they want or a car as fast they want, and their cleaning person or mechanic doesn’t have any ownership of them. They just work there. Even if the owner does nothing, they are the owner.

                  As for me, I don’t see how that’s relevant, but I’m doing just fine, thanks.

                  And plenty of people get rich by working. Not billionaire level, but retire at 40 level. Get a job in a field in strong demand (IT, construction, etc) spend little money and invest a lot. Then you deserve to not work.