#Wage Gains

[nyaaamato]

orpheus & eurydice

[shithowdy]

While your comment on non-US artists’ prices are valid it also shows your US-centrism………………. Not all people can pay in USD. In my country it’s somewhat similar that 20 is worth a 100, so this thinking is cutting out a majority of the customers who don���t earn in USD. Why are you Americans so stupid hahahah

I had a feeling someone would come at me with this when I made that post, but if you are going to be advertising your prices in USD and in english on social media sites that are by default already very western-centric communities (twitter, reddit, tumblr), you are going to and most certainly intend to attract largely American and western european customers. If that is the currency you are using to advertise yourself in a freelance position where you have the opportunity to set your own labor value, then you are literally selling yourself short. Would you rather do a single drawing for 100 USD, or burn yourself out over five drawings for 20USD? The monetary outcome is the same, but in the first, your time is more respected.

Art is a luxury and a skill, not a basic life necessity like food that must be openly available to all who need it. You don't need a "majority" of customers paying you minimum wage if you have a small handful of customers paying you much greater sums.

The onus is not just on the artist to change this, though. US customers also need to stop taking advantage of international artists and pay them the same they would pay a local artist, and if they see someone setting prices like that, there had better be a meaty tip attached.

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[declamationark]

I feel like Atsushi would so over the moon and swear undying loyalty to whoever showed him how to get his own library card. He'll be treating it like his most prized possession, second only to Chazuke

[kumakuma-circus]

shoutout to my playthrough of p4 where i played for like a month straight, got to like a week before hollow forest, stopped playing for like a month, started playing again, got through the last week and hollow forest, started izanami's dungeon, and then got demotivated partway through and haven't played for like two months. i'll finish it someday-

[orjizzy]

work: (pays minimum wage) since everyone keeps stealing food we will no longer offer the staff free meals and you are no longer allowed to eat unless you're off the clock, or else risk termination

me: (makes minimum wage) can i please be scheduled at least 30 hours so i can be allowed food stamps

[orc-apologist]

it's funny how when you'll give actual explanations as to why people are racist or transphobic or something similar, like how that happens and why it's happening now out of all times, that go beyond "white people/cishet people evil" so many people will instantly attack you for "apologia"

I think it kinda comes from this idea that identity politics has pushed that people of the unmarked categories like male white and cishet can't possibly struggle with things in life. but economic crises, which we have been in for 16 years now, affect everyone that's not part of the ruling class. prolonged economic instability alienates people from the status quo, from established parties, rhetoric and such. they begin to look elsewhere for solutions. the powers that be know to counteract this with reactionary politics. using scapegoating they'll promise the return to an (often imaginary) better yesterday, the very definition of reactionary politics.

these ideas sound plausible and actionable. things used to be better after all. those scapegoats used to not be there (as visibly) after all.

the way of solving this isn't to go "waaahh people are evil and fascism is back, woe is me" but to a) point out that these reactionary politics are not going to solve the problem because they are not the cause b) point out the actual cause of the problem (capitalism) c) offer actual alternatives (organizing, strikes, expropriating the bourgeoisie, and eventually total labor democracy)

[seoafin]

I started watching PLUTO and I have so many thoughts about it it's so good

[gideonthefirst]

girl my roommates are insane. just absolutely top tier inarguably insane. i’m exhausted i’m sick i’m having an asthma attack there’s something new wrong with me and no one knows what and yet what i’m STILL most stressed about is having to survive living with them for another two weeks.

[theresa-of-liechtenstein]

on a serious note going through active shooter training with people older than me on the order of decades makes me think that much more people would probably agree on tighter gun controls than younger generations realize. they just either can’t bring themselves to discuss it openly or feel like such discussion wouldn’t be welcome

[azurescaled-archived]

i still wanna do more stuff with izumi's corrupted verse.

[kkeomchiz]

I GOT PAID

[rampagingpoet]

The $100m cutoff also makes a lot of sense, because there was a good reason unrealized capital gains were not previously taxed: housing.

If you own a house, and the value of that house increases in theory, should you pay tax on that? It's not clear how much your house would actually sell for, and we wouldn't want landlords buying up all the surrounding property to force existing residents out because they can't afford the capital gains tax on their house they are very much using.

But if you've got one hundred million dollars, even your most expensive property is a mere fraction of that total. Tax on unrealized gains isn't going to force you out of your home.

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Conservatives are going nuts oner this

[johnfpederson]

morning dove (112)

are you out of your mind?

or in greed has your spirit resigned?

have you taken your wage

from a few counterfeit erudites?

is the hour not well-nigh

to be rid of your marvelous guise?

will you finally accept

what you have so vehemently denied?

when you've lost all you've worked for

and your name's been decried

when they come looking for you

where will you go to hide?

have you traded your rights

for a chance to feel puissant again

to nefarious coldblooded men

who will pawn them for marginal gains?

were they lying in wait

for the hour you needed them most

when their lies had corrupted your bones

and they knew you'd come back for more?

[the-pea-and-the-sun]

im doin a project on comic and comic film adaptation history and im SO upset that this is a group project i hate having to wait for other's feedback i just wanna get stuck in a flow state for five hours and come out of it with my back hurting and my research 90 percent done.

[somelonelywordmonger]

Food for thought

I wonder about the soldiers of every nation when I think of war and the atrocities of it. I don't know the extent, but I know that in America, one doesn't simply leave the army, much less disobey a direct order. I imagine it is the same everywhere else, with varying degrees of risk to life, honor, and dignity. The realities are not advertised to those looking to join the American military. I doubt they are in other countries because few would want to then enlist to protect and serve. I respect our veterans and your everyday servicemen. There are bad apples in every bunch; some join for the wrong reasons. Some we see (and don't see) harm others without batting an eye, seeming to enjoy it, or doing it just cause they can. And there are those like that who aren't serving. But when it comes to this, I think of the soldier who joined our country's army because they wanted to genuinely help and make the world better or because the opportunities for their future that were promised were too good to pass up in their current situation. Those who didn't set out for power and guns. They are the real heroes whose names we don't know and often are the ones turned into corpses, whether literally or psychologically. And Tolkien, a veteran, knew the price better than I can imagine.