• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    7 天前

    Hate middlemen all you want, but that employment level is the driving economic force behind the middle class. Get rid of the middleman, without any serious wage reforms, and you’ll have a nation of 5% filthy rich, and 95% dirt poor.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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      7 天前

      I really don’t think it’s that hard.

      Other countries have figured it out and nationalized these various industries. The fun part is that there’s still luxury, concierge medical care and insurance too alongside nationalized health care.

    • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 天前

      We’re pretty much already there. Having worked at a “good” dealership, it became pretty obvious that only the owner and their managers were making good money. Everyone else? Not at all.