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Apple is a capitalist enterprise; Apple can only afford to maximize profit — everything else is just window dressing.

Wokeness, philanthropy, environmental consciousness, branding, origin story, etc.; all of these things are viewed favorably by the cultural mode. Therefore, you should expect capitalists to appropriate them to distract from, or justify, the profits they make and the concentrated power they enjoy as a result (i.e. labor exploitation, control over consumer choices, influence in the market, lobbying for legislation, dictating the terms of contracts with vendors)

Apple isn’t the problem, it’s behaving how it’s supposed to in the market capitalist system that currently dominates the world. This cruelty is inevitable in capitalism.

And let’s not forget why we have a separate Labor Day in the US:

>Labor Day has conservative roots. In 1894, President Grover Cleveland pushed Congress to establish the holiday as a way to de-escalate class tension following the Pullman Strike, during which as many as ninety workers were gunned down by thousands of US Marshals serving at the pleasure of railway tycoon George Pullman, one of the time’s most hated industrial barons.

>Cleveland was wary of the response to his actions. He signed Labor Day into law a mere six days after busting the strike.

Source: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/09/labor-day-may-first-ameri...

What about for profit hospitals?

It’s the marketization of health care that incentivizes suffering and death, not any particular group.

We really shouldn’t let people become so wealthy that they can make public policy, whether it’s for profit or altruistic reasons.

It took me 3 years off and on (and mostly at work) to become fluent in Dvorak. Good luck!

As market logic permeates more and more aspects of our lives (i.e. social media as the marketization of human interaction), expect to see this type of disturbing phenomenon more and more.

Also, marketing is social conditioning. It’s psychological warfare applied in a capitalist system. It’s very origins are in state propaganda.

Thanks for the context.

In response to Wilson, I’d argue that Marx’s work provides a better analytical framework for understanding government than Darwin though.

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AKA: Conflating authority with expertise

What if you simply changed all your accounts to use a + variant (e.g. johnsmith+official@gmail.com) and filter out everything sent to you without a + in the address?

If any group is being given special privileges by the state, it's the police...

Normally, a union is formed to balance the power of capitalists with the laborers they employ. In the case of law enforcement, there is no capital, nor is their labor being used to produce something of value. If anything, law enforcement defends the interests of capitalists, rather than being subject to abuse by capitalists.

Wage Labour and Captital

I haven't read through it yet, but it's relatively short, and it was recommended to me as a good starter.

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/wag...

Withholding health insurance is also a powerful tool for breaking/preventing strikes. While it would save employers money, it would also reduce their leverage, and workers would be able to move on to other demands, or quit

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