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my question in particular is why aren't all votes considered equal in UN on any matter in general? It's so petty of US, the most powerful empire in the history of planet to put embargo on a tiny island like Cuba.

How is this voting system is fair if US can just go "naah..we don't like it" after everyone else has voted yes?

To be blunt, if reimbursing your employees for better working environment makes your business non-feasible then your business is based on exploiting workers and does not deserve to exist.

I just installed KDE Plasma+Wayland today on mint Linux. Working great so far, although I’m not noticing a large difference in performance, maybe my specs are good and load is light.

It’s funny how people are focused on “deterring china” than fixing problems at home. For a developed country our labor protections are poor, public transport is laughable and universal healthcare system is just non-existent. US has invaded more countries than china ever did. It gets me angry when $800 billions are spent on military(Raytheon/lockheed Martin), Apple is stashing their money horde outside US for avoiding taxes and we ask teachers and poor people in general to just pick up by their bootstraps. China has definitely done bad things but definitely not as much as US. How about we take a page from their rapid infrastructure development and improving quality of life for most citizens rather than dumping money into arms dealers under the disguise of fighting “communism/socialism”.

I think they are motivated by their urge to micromanage and nothing else. It’s a fallacy to think the “great leaders” are infallible. The last couple of years is a proof that these leaders can be as dumb as rocks.

"having your parents pay for your education is hardly a rare circumstance" - What is your source for this? Why do you think the President wanted to forgive student loan if paying for education was not such a big problem?

Median American household income is $70k before taxes. Do you think this household can afford college tuition and expenses?

Makes so much sense. What do we even get after working like robot for 30 years? We don't have retirement benefits, we would've barely paid for a house if we could afford one. All this for making the CEOs and capital owners even more rich.

Also who decides the metrics of "Productivity"? If we listen to our bosses and CEOs we would ruin our mind, body and personal relationships while they generate intergenerational wealth.

It's interesting that this is happening when market is being consolidated in the hands of a handful of monopolies.

Same logic does not apply to the upper management because they are not directly involved in generating value for the company. Elon Musk is not out there writing code, Tim Cook is not assembling iPhone or even designing it. Telling someone what to do is not even close to the labor of person actually doing it. And when the "upper management" makes bad decisions and results in huge losses, bottom rung employees are the first one to go.

It's relevant because it proves that majority of the workers are competent. If you are not able to succeed with a competent workforce then you're just a bad CEO/leader and should step down.

Also it's wrong to assume companies are rational. If you are constantly in a cycle of hiring and firing employees, then it indicates you have a no long term vision and no skills to navigate the market.