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I Build Cars For a Living. I Can’t Afford to Buy One. (youtu.be)

submitted 9 months ago by How_Sway@lemmy.ml to c/unions@lemmy.ml

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[–] AGD4@programming.dev -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

at 0:05: "I totaled a car last week and I can't afford to replace it". I feel like there is a bit of undue entitlement in that statement. Should any worker be able to comfortably replace a car that they destroyed?

I have no love for Toyota or any other mega corp, and I think the bigger issue in this article is the very first statement in the interview: "I spent three and a half years building cars and I can't afford a home yet". That is a big problem, but I wouldn't attribute that to greedy corporate employers exclusively.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't attribute that to greedy corporate employers exclusively.

I would, maybe not exclusively but have you seen how much the investor class profit and hoard?

[–] AGD4@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would

But not exclusively.

You can point the finger to individual and foreign investors, but also to government policies (or lack thereof) that make that possible.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

governments are on investors' pockets too and i think this is the biggest problem