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SSchick | 3 months ago

How about executive compensation?

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stronglikedan|3 months ago

That would make everything maybe 1 cent cheaper, so it's not really significant.

SunshineTheCat|3 months ago

Yea whenever the idea of a company's profit is under a microscope, people often reflex to exec "greed" but it's typically because it's easier to blame a fictional disney villain, than it is to dig into the root of the problem.

Nextgrid|3 months ago

It would however have second-order effects; having less wealthy people would drive down rents/etc. If the wealthy just keep getting wealthier you'll end up in a situation where the wealthy just trade between each other out because of higher margins and the working class has nowhere to buy things.