• RickRussell_CA@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Of course, how this would actually work:

    Workers: “What do we get?”

    AR: “Well, half of you are fired, the other half keep working just as hard.”

    AR: “What’s with the guillotine?”

    Workers: “We’re acting in our rational self-interest.”

    AR: “I see.”

    AR: “They’re the reason you can’t get a job. If they didn’t form a UNION to keep you OUT, you’d be doing just fine! And I can’t fire THEM, thanks to the UNION.”

    AR: “Well, I’d love to give you more time off, but I can’t, because those MOOCHERS over there are freeloading on the system, and I gotta pay outrageous taxes for their welfare because THEY DON’T WORK.”

    Media: “Let’s talk to two experts in the labor field.”

    Expert 1: “Oh, the problem is definitely abusive, bloated unions and exclusive contracts.”

    Expert 2: “Oh, the problem is definitely freeloading welfare queens.”

    Workers:

    AR: Flies away in her golden private jet, “MUHAHAHAHAHA!”