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Originally Posted by Slava
I'm not talking about this as a pure "think of the shareholders" issue though. I think that there is a reckoning where people have to either accept that they'll pay more for all kinds of things, with food and groceries being one of them, or that these corporations are paying these employees less than other jobs. You really can't have it both ways, unless I'm just missing something?
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We don’t have to muse about hypotheticals. In countries with a higher floor on wages, goods and services cost more. Workers in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, etc who stock shelves and work cash registers get paid more than in Canada, and have better benefits. Consequently, groceries etc are more expensive.
That’s what an egalitarian system looks like.
Everyone pays more to ensure a basic standard of living for their fellow citizens. And it demonstrably and practically works. Which has some merit when we’re talking about these things.