• Karmanopoly@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Nobody’s considered who is gonna buy all the stuff when all the employees are laid off

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      I think a statistic I saw recently was that nearly 50% of American consumer spending is attributed to the top 10% of consumers.

      Which would largely indicate that it doesn’t matter because those who have the money will continue to spend it and those that don’t will continue to get poorer.

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        12 hours ago

        This is what’s happening to Vegas, the number of visitors is dropping but the casino profit is increasing. The city no longer caters to the middle class but to millionaires.

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          9 hours ago

          Do Vegas casinos own a sizeable stake in online gaming? If so, it would be interesting to see what part of those increasing profits are due to us poors spending on online gaming increasing while we never set foot in Vegas.

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      16 hours ago

      The future is two corporations, eternally B2Bing back and forth across the desiccated husk of the Earth. A perfect, all-encompassing synergy.

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      10 hours ago

      Who cares, the Dow is at a record high! Wish I didnt have to eat tree bark tho

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      15 hours ago

      Well I guess if you have millions of robot slaves you don’t need the people anymore at all.