To be fair, he definitely knew this was happening and did nothing to stop it, at the least - because of course, he’s a willing prop for fascist dictators like putin
People want phones that don’t cost $1000+, lack basic features and constantly prey on their personal data. That’s what they want. Some express that by saying they want “dumb phones”, but the first part is the larger driver here.
“You were each TOTALLY going to get an extra $.67 a month, if not for fucking Darren over here who forgot to thank me for his employment this morning in the daily thank you ceremony. You guys don’t get it… you think this is easy? Anyways I’m also doubling all your rents.”
“Disregard that last part, forgot you weren’t my ungrateful tenants, because of course I’m also a landlord.”
And if you bring in workers from other countries, you can hold their work visas in the balance if they are found to ever be outside of either the restaurant or the employee housing!
And saddest of all, I worked at a restaurant where the owner actually did this… He was never directly held accountable for what amounted to indentured slavery essentially, but thankfully he was forced to sell eventually due to a backlog of unpaid labor disputes and sexual harassment lawsuits.
“Most likely” = I just decide that my personal conclusions are that of the rest of the world in all scenarios
The nicest restaurants in the world are typically staffed by many degenerate addicts (source: worked fine dining for a decade) AND those same restaurants are typically owned by individual, independent people with money and nothing else valuable to contribute to society. They often own rental as wealthy parasites tend to do.
Try to center the world outside of yourself, you might learn a few new things… I mean, you’ll most likely learn a few things.
This country DOES NOT speak the same language state to state on most topics - education chief among them. The concept of “education” means something completely different in Mississippi versus California, for instance.
There has been a slow motion systematic dismantling of public education in “red states” and things like the increasing prevalence of religious influence on our laws and education infrastructure. These things severely impact the quantity and quality of teaching resources. Republicans want undereducated, easily-frightened and broken people to grow up to not vote, or to vote to perpetuate the status quo that they know (an objectively broken system).
Charter schools are funded by vouchers. At first, you’d have options for multiple schools in most places, then the vouchers would cover less and less each year with you spending more and more out of pocket. Then, religious schools would in turn lower their tuitions (as they can afford to subsidize if it means indoctrinating new kids). The result is that families with less money would go with whatever the voucher covers, which would only be religious schools in more and more areas with tone. That’s the plan.
Louisiana is CONSTANTLY at the bottom of the nation in terms of their education offerings. Here’s one of those lists: newsweek.com/most-least-educated-states-america-r…. These are craven theocratic fascists and they won’t rest until public education is eliminated.
“…and this is why there shouldn’t be any taxes” C’mon, go ahead, round that the corner, libertarian - we all know you want to.
I don’t think you know what actual fascism is, or what it looks like. Your statement reads like you are boycotting universities and have casually avoided being “educated” by “credited professionals” so that you don’t turn a “decent person” who “contributes to society” and “understands words”.
Keep fighting that good fight, you do your own research!
You’re a troll, obsessed with (and speaking as if you understand) the nuance of the US while you’re all the way in South Africa. You have nothing to say and you’re universally disliked.
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