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[–] aaron@infosec.pub 2 points 3 minutes ago* (last edited 57 seconds ago)

The mantra I was told was always 'add value' at your job.

When I read volume one of capital I came to understand that this was willingly giving more of my labour for free on top of the labour capital was already profiting from (after all I am only given a job earning x units/hour as long as capital, via management upwards, earns x+1/units from that labour). Thus wealth trickles upwards in capitalism. Not down.

Everyone bought the 'add value' line and repeated it in work as though the were doing something great - us humans tend to believe what we are told (and once those neural pathways are burned they don't change easily), which is in large part why those without empathy are able to succeed.

Another one is "always use other people's" money (from think and grow rich, or whichever popular book it came from). If you're Elon Musk looking to hedge risk when buying twitter then fair enough, otherwise you go cap in hand to capital, and pay it a portion of the wealth you create for the privilege of being loaned the capital to begin with. Capitalists want you to use other people's (actually their) money in order that they can take their cut of your hard work.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 11 points 55 minutes ago

Work harder for my riches, plebs!

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 points 5 minutes ago

Every MAGA is going to volunteer to work on Saturdays, and every holiday, right? Dear Leader requires it.

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 minutes ago* (last edited 9 minutes ago)

Also dude looks like he takes 4 hour naps a day, why do we keep electing senior citizens

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 26 points 2 hours ago

meh, I did the quiet quit thing a long time ago. not working harder without a nice raise. I'm urging Americans to work less. go on! take that day off! you can do it!

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 18 points 1 hour ago

Just for that I'm playing games my entire shift.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 7 points 44 minutes ago

His base legit acts like a class of peasants for this man. It is the most insane thing to watch in real time.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago

This monster feeds on media attention. Let's all stop relating every stupid things he says and focus on basically anything else, it will always be more positive.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 28 points 3 hours ago (4 children)
[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 hours ago

he'd enjoy that. I'm not sure you would though.

[–] ghosthacked@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 hour ago

He'd only do that if you gave it as a gift and put a bow on it

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He should suck your dick while you are taking a shit...

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I think that's just a regular blumpkin.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

You are the leading blumpkin authority!

[–] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

If I were you, I'd rather not 😂

[–] scaredoftrumpwinning@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I thought the amount of time he golfs would be higher. Every time he golfs we pay the taco when he stays at his properties.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 4 points 1 hour ago

He intended to golf more but the mind and body are broken.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 113 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 48 minutes ago (4 children)

I’m not a Trump supporter in any way, but it’s not excessive.

That’s 21.7 weeks. If he went golfing on the weekend, then he still golfed less than 2 times per week.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 20 points 41 minutes ago* (last edited 12 minutes ago)

Est. cost to taxpayers for golf since returning to office: $51,800,000

Perhaps you would not mind paying his golf bill then.

Edit to add: this is roughly $340,789 per day of golfing. Or over 21 years worth of pretax income for someone making minimum wages... for 1 day of golf. Meaning at minimum wages it would take you 3,200+ years to pay for what trump has golfed so far this term. Provided you only put the entirety of your paycheck to that bill.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 7 points 20 minutes ago (1 children)

He charges the government for golfing at his golf clubs

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 17 minutes ago

Which includes room and board for his SS detail.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago

He actually said at his most recent press conference that he's upset because he hasn't been golfing for the last three weeks.

[–] WR5@lemmy.world 4 points 39 minutes ago

There is a calendar on the site showing which days he was confirmed to have been golfing. There are many on the weekends, but not all, which means "work week" time was spent golfing.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 56 points 10 hours ago

And it has a TACO index. Perfect. xD

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 75 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Look at that 275lb (320?) bag of piss wrapped up in a cheap looking 10k suit shitting his pants. Nubby little fingers. Weird nubby mushroom member (this is from a a legal deposition)

Clearly demented and so insecure he can’t even ask for help.

Dude is in over his head.

The stress is gonna kill him. He knows it that’s why he’s not working.

He is not looking healthy

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I hope you're right, but I think like Putin he lives on pure motivated hatred and spite.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Kissinger lived till 99. Hatred seems to impart longevity somehow.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago

Evil sustains. Not sure why and science has yet to yield answers. One of the Rothschilds would get continued organ transplants to sustain his life, often from organ donors who did not know they were organ donors, usually from third-world countries.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 21 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If he's angry, he doesn't look that bad. If he's just listening, he doesn't look great, almost deflated looking.

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If he's just pretending* to listen

Ftfy. Everyone knows he never listens.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 32 minutes ago

His short term memory is shot anyway, actually listening won’t matter.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 40 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Incentivize it, you living malediction. Expand healthcare to allow more hours, increase overtime pay, make it easier to start a business, personally turn a few billionaires into pulp within a massive stadium housing solely seats, cameras, screens, a long spool of rope, and a single woodchipper. Frankly, these aren’t big asks.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think one of those industrial grinders that grind up engines and stuff would be even better. Just run it at extra slow speed as you lower them in.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, keep the machine at full speed, but definitely slowly feed them into it.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

Or just put a bullet in them and redistribute their wealth.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 26 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

For anyone keeping count, that's about a day and a half per week.

They did the math!

[–] lemmebee@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago

Hope be chokes on his KFC. I’ll go celebrate by eating… KFC

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago

Given how worker production increasing over time and pay for said production have not stood in line with each other I think I’d rather not.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 10 hours ago

Frankly, I'd really rather that the Irish Star not encourage him to be spending more time making policy.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world -1 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

I hate articles like this. You know weekends are 28% of days right? Can we report on real crazy shit Trump has done instead of these performative outrages?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 58 minutes ago)

No, I don’t think so.

Biden golfed a total of nine times.

Obama spent 3% of his time golfing.

Trump, 22-25%, depending on the source.

This is crazy shit, a dictator stating people should work harder while spending 1/4th of his time on the course. The presidency isn’f supposed to get weekends off.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 hours ago

Stop pretending this is anything close to normal.

[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

He is the goddamn president. He doesn’t get weekends.