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>> No one has the resources left to pay for it

Record profits reported by tech companies says the opposite. Money are there, but no will to spend them on people.

We had multiple layoffs recently so parent company could report a billion USD in quarterly profits.





> Record profits reported by tech companies says the opposite. Money are there, but no will to spend them on people.

And you buy things/services from these major tech companies, but in return they buy nothing from you.

The circular stream that was "supposed to be" capitalism is broken.


We’ve effectively short circuited the corporate profits to stockholder route - ignoring employees rights, benefits or simple human loyalty and decency

Pray that Darth Trump alters it no further


... which was needed because no/less profit can and does send the stonk price tanking. That's also a "there are no resources left to do the right thing" - the stonk market dynamics are a part of what is eating our economies alive.



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