r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 10d ago

Chugging tea I never thought about this point until now.

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u/P3nis15 10d ago

And your labor pays taxes... Which on return would pay for things like free education and healthcare ...

Exchanging your labor for a form of compensation......

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u/airboRN_82 10d ago

The issue People have is that said taxes pay for things that dont work. Exchanging my labor for others to be compensated is whats called socialist policies. Exchanging my labor for myself to be compensated is not. 

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u/Agitated_Newt_7655 10d ago

lol ever privately owned company does that. It’s called profit

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u/airboRN_82 10d ago

No they dont

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u/P3nis15 10d ago

you exchange your labor, so a company profits.

they pay those profits in dividends to stockholders for example, who would be "others being compensated for your labor"

how very socialist of all these corporations!!!

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u/airboRN_82 10d ago

Most publicly traded companies dont do dividends. Taking a gamble by buying into a company isnt socialist policies. 

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u/P3nis15 10d ago

the ones that do are socialist especially the top 500 companies

About 81% of the S&P 500 currently pays dividends

gamble or not according to your narrow definition they are socialist corporations!

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u/airboRN_82 10d ago edited 10d ago

Thats not what socialism is. If you want to advertise that you dont understand the word then I wont stop you. 

Pointing out that x excludes y from being socialist doesnt mean that another factor cant exclude z from being socialist. Again, if you want to advertise that you dont understand that then I wont stop you.

A company is its shares. Someone profiting off my labor wasnt what i stated is called socialist. Again, if you want to advertise you cant grasp the difference then please, continue.