#econposting

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It is really funny that neoliberalism gave several decades of stable low inflation, then neoliberalism got jettisoned and people embraced tons of things that conventional economics would predict to drive up prices like protectionism and massive spending splurges, then prices went way up, and then people are still mad at neoliberalism and think we need more protectionism and spending!

Hey as long as I'm up, here's a sneak peak of the discourse tomorrow:

The Dems ran a bad campaign and should've catered to me and the five members of my discord vs you dipshits, how dare you and the five members of your discord not save us

Jesus Christ we aren't all going to die immediately vs how dare you care about your own safety when a genocide is going on

Trump is going to launch a second coup vs no way, he's a big faker, just like the other times he launched a coup

You fuckers view everything through fandom, including politics vs you assholes view everything through politics, including fandom

The Dems losing mean they're going to move Right because they're stupid and The Dems should've moved left to capture out votes vs anyone able to notice a contradiction

Fuck you guys for voting, The Dems winning mean they're never going to listen to progressives again vs (see above)

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Reblog for others. We need large sample size.

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Research focused academic jobs should answer under "other" rather than education.

Please reblog for sample size!

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doomed country lmfao

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Americans don't take agriculture jobs because the work is hard and labor productivity in these is tiny compared to anywhere else you could work in the economy, meaning equally low wages.

Trying to regulate these jobs will just make them disappear.

kill the rhetoric that americans are so lazy that they won't take farm jobs. americans take labor intensive jobs all the time. the reason no americans will take farm jobs is because agricultural work is exempt from the vast majority of labor laws and labor protections, including the use of child labor. so only immigrants - people who have little to no protection from the law or other options for work - take most of these jobs. we have created a permanent underclass of labor and then say that americans are just lazy for not volunteering to be part of the underclass.

there are actually good discussions to be had about how alienated many americans are from food production (hi hello that's what my only popular post is about), but the real solution to this problem is to protect agricultural workers, citizens or not. ban child labor in its entirety. punish corporations and farm owners that abuse and poison their workers. reform the immigration process so that these people aren't barred from legal protection and recourse.

agricultural workers have been exploited since the dawn of civilization, but the US in specific has been doing this since slavery, and it evolved in the 30s when FDR's labor laws excluded them specifically because most agricultural workers at the time were black. now it's mostly latino immigrants.

food doesn't fucking pick or slaughter itself. but citizens aren't going to take these jobs when the entire industry is rife with abuse - both legal and illegal - and horrific wages and working conditions.

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Truly the type of post I follow Robin for

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or does it prove that to the vast majority of people a professional violinist playing a $3.5m violin sounds basically as good as some guy in the subway?

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Probably actually worse for goods transportation. Sea travel is and almost always has been cheaper, so the further the distance is to the sea on average the more expensive shipping will be.

Pangaea was wasted on the dinosaurs. Imagine the railway network.

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In the poorest 1% of zip codes that have lottery retailers, the average American adult spends around $600 a year, or nearly 5% of their income, on tickets. That compares with just $150, or 0.15%, for those in the richest 1% of zip codes. In other words, the poorest households spend roughly 30 times more on lotteries than richer ones, as a share of income. The pandemic appears to have made things worse. In 2021 the poorest 1% of households—flush with stimulus cheques—spent $100 more on lotteries than they did in 2019. The richest 1% spent just $10 more.

!!!!!

Lottery spending, basically just a proxy for how stupid you are?

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when oomfies says some real shit

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Pretty standard case of jobs where the fantasy of being a disney adult forever is basically part of your compensation. General case being most creative jobs, where so many people would do the thing as a hobbey they barely have to pay to get it done as a job.

If you love Disney, its parks, its media, and its merch, listen up.

So I work for Disneyland, and we are talking about striking very soon. So soon, in fact, that we've been hosting rallies just outside of the parks. Yesterday was the 69th birthday of Disneyland Anaheim... it was also a monumental rally.

I haven't seen anyone on tumblr talking about the impending strikes against Disney. Not even going through the Disney tags or searching tumblr for "Disneyland Strike."

Let's talk about why we're striking:

Cost of living in the immediate SoCal region is nearly 2x as much as we are getting paid.

Cast members that have worked for the company for long periods of time are still paid as mucha s new hires.

Disney has showed up to union negotiations with insulting offers, including at 25 cent raise. Most cast members make $19.90

Disney rarely schedules you. In some areas and departments, you are fighting with your fellow cast members for hours. I have heard of cast members who are only scheduled for 1 4-hour shift per week. Many of those cast members have upwards of an hour commute to and from work.

Disney Admin has told attractions castmembers [so: rides, rollercoasters, and anything fun you get to do and see at the parks] that we are losing them money, which is why they refuse to schedule us and pay us. In the words of my partner, who also works at the parks, Disney without attractions is an over glorified mall and a food court. Disney needs us, and they know it, but they do not respect us.

Disney has an unfair attendance policy. It can be very difficult to get a needed day off, even when it has been requested weeks or months in advance. When you do take a day off [with-out accrued sick or vacation time] it counts against you. You can have 3 a month, 6 in 90 days, 9 in 180 days, or 12 in a year. How do you accrue sick/vacation? Hours worked, which can be impossible with the scheduling practices mentioned above. (Most cast members trade shifts among themselves to get around this.)

Cast members feel unsafe and unsupported in the parks. Many cast members have felt threatened by entitled guests upset that they are following policy. Disney Leads and Managers have to say yes to these guests and make things happen, though. [Which only makes this behavior worse and more dangerous for cast members who are only doing their job.]

Cast members also report feeling threatened, or even being literally threatened, by management in the parks. Especially cast members who have a second job. Especially cast members who know their rights.

Further, cast members work in hazardous conditions with pay that does not reflect that. Many cast members report losses of hearing, sore throats, and severe back and shoulder pain. Cast members are also exposed to infectious diseases at a much higher rate.

https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/union-button-contract-dispute-19515296.php?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2u5o_mvU3i6jpIyHxBUZpEzD2GRSKFf5Pem4uRXqa6vKWDgZuffvINd1g_aem_AA1L0fI1phugJIluYMcDSw

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Walt Bismark suggesting US offer citizenship to all Russians (for multiple reasons) just shows how insane US geopolitical rivalries are, it could cripple all its possible challengers by offering citizenship to everyone there with a university degree, let alone open borders.

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The beautiful purity of the leftist economic thinking. The shock that government making the business make the service more expensive might make it more expensive for the end user. Ranting about billionaires.

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"It's not even correlation."