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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
I'm competent in my role.
I have a team of 4 staff though. Not the largest.
Perfect.
It's a lefty magazine... it's not going to endorse capitalistic ideas is it? :P
Mercunova
I'm glad you had fun. Things could be better here but I wont get into it.
Penguania And Antarctica
#FreeLula
He was arrested on trumped-up charges of him buying an apartment below market price as a bribe that he never bought or went into. Not only that, but the judge who tried him refused to accept a plea bargain from the CEO of OAS that proved Lula's innocence while accepting a later plea bargain from him that was used against Lula. BTW, Lula's running for office against a far-right military officer and he freed millions of Brazilians from the chains of poverty when he was president.
Aaaah, there it is. Pure self-interest. ;)
Gualimole
How so?
No, but that proves the data wrong how? That was not an opinion piece; it was simply stating the facts.
Because you saying you'd go Palin hunting sounds like you'd want to bed her.
No, I look after them well actually.
I don't see how it's self interest?
You want to maintain managerial positions and oppose workplace democracy so you're not out of a job.
Nuremgard
Noooooo, god.. can you imagine! Gross.
I meant with a rifle.
In one place. Not exactly ground breaking.
You are of course in favour of a managerial system because you are a manager. If the workplace was democratised, your job would become obsolete. So it's self-interest. Nothing wrong with that. Just pointing out your bias. :)
I'm a pacifist so I wouldn't shoot her with a rifle.
I'd watch though.
Oh, I'm sure you look after them really well.
Oh, mister manager, please take care of me. ;)
Everestopia
"The term 'co-op' evokes images of collective farming or crunchy craft breweries. But Virginie Perotin of Leeds University Business School synthesized research on 'labor-managed firms' in Western Europe, the United States and Latin America, and found that, aside from the holistic social benefits of worker autonomy, giving workers a direct stake in managing production enables a business to operate more effectively. On balance, Perotin concludes, 'worker cooperatives are more productive than conventional businesses, with staff working "better and smarter" and production organized more efficiently.'"
Sure, one place.
Nuremgard
Christ, only you would turn this into a BDSM discussion
Oh I see your point.
However, I wasn't always. I started out as a regular member and worked hard for a system that rewards via promotions and pay rises.
War / conflict is necessary at times.
Mercunova
Teehee.
Mercunova
As long as you're not a w*nker who lets the tiny bit of power go to your head. Had too many managers like that in the past.
Russkov Soviet
Anytime ;) Aha
Nuremgard, Mercunova
Not at all, I have an open door policy... they can come in to my office anytime.
Nuremgard, Mercunova
OwO What's that bulge?
Nuremgard, Mercunova
Man meat.
Nuremgard, Mercunova
What animal?
You don't want to know.
Everestopia, Nuremgard
Mercs right.
Nuremgard, Mercunova
How generous of thee, m'lurd.
Your Excellency*
Nuremgard, Mercunova
Are you a president?
Mercunova
BTW, in Germany, businesses are required to have half of their board be made up of worker representatives. I wonder why Germany still has a vibrant manufacturing industry with free and open trade borders, high wages, and is an economic leader in Europe.
Nuremgard
We should def be looking to Germany for inspiration onto how run a business fairly.
M'laysia.
Speaking of the country, the opposition is in power for the first time in the country's history due to a surprise election where they were victorious despite fraud on the part of the ruling party.
Nuremgard
You Europeans really do love your coops. In the US, there are only around 300 to 400 coops nationwide.
Nuremgard
I'd say Europe is the best place in the world to live.
But that's because you guys made the rest of the world so terrible.
Nuremgard, Mercunova
Sorry, I'd still rather be here.
Nowhere's perfect.
Great. Stay over there then lol.
Mercunova
But colonialism made those places even less perfect.
Nuremgard, Mercunova
Well I don't have a time machine. I cant go back to the past and tell Europeans not to be cnuts.
Mercunova
My point was that Europe is so great now because the rest of the world was made worse due to European colonization. Are you going to disagree with that?
Might as well be ;P
I joke.
Nuremgard
The US is the only presidential democracy that hasn't failed (yet).
No.
You'd do a better job than Tangerine Trump.
Mercunova
Okay.
Don't make me hate eating tangerines.
Nuremgard
HA! THAT IS THE BEST JOKE I'VE EVER HEARD!
Nuremgard
A piece of bacon could.
Nuremgard
Was gonna say...Trump is president. It has already failed. :P
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Trump is not the end of our democracy. We still have checks and balances and the Democrats will likely retake the House in 2018 and the White House in 2020.
Mercunova
Yeah... checks that he is slowly doing away with.
Agreed.
Nuremgard
How? All of his power that he has as president is the fault of his predecessors, not him.
Mercunova
Today's the 100th birthday of Nelson Mandela!
Nuremgard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMp1I5A_2CQ
Nuremgard
He appointed half his family to run the administration.
The FBI say they've got something on him, FBI directors get sacked.
Those things aren't good, but he was simply exercising the powers that presidents already had.
Nepotism isn't new in the White House though. JFK got accused of it when he appointed his brother to run the CIA (I think.) It was that or some other important government agency.
It was Big Ears Barry that started the pen-and-phone sh!t.
It was Whackjob Woodrow, Tedious Teddy, and Frivolous Franklin that increased the powers of the executive branch to where they are today.
And it was Troublesome Truman who signed the National Security Act of 1947 into law.
Nuremgard
And don't forget Jackson, who normalized vetoing bills out of his own will.
Nuremgard, Mercunova
Are there any presidents you do like? lol
I know, but in this day and age... it shouldn't be a thing.
Dosen't mean he needs to use the powers.
Plus, he is a moron.
Nuremgard
Doesn't mean he created new powers for himself, which is what you were arguing.
True. And JFK only appointed his brother. Trump's government resembles a royal court more than it does a democratically elected cabinet.
Silent Cal.
Dunno who that is.
Department of Justice. RFK was Attorney General.
Nuremgard
Ever heard of Google?
Do I have to do everything around here?
Well.. Ivanka said on TV that the Trumps are America's royal family.
Nuremgard
Would it kill you to explain something for once?
Mercunova
Calvin Coolidge.
Nuremgard
Ivanka and her daddy are like the Targaryens without the good looks if you know what I'm saying.
Fvck you. Now he won't learn the lesson of research.
Nuremgard
And Coolidge's presidency didn't make you learn about the need for a regulatory state and how laissez-faire capitalism leads to economic disaster.
Pleased to inform everyone that Audiastan now has Citizenship inside the The Confederacy Of Free Nations ! I look forward to building my reputation and becoming a upstanding member. Russkov Soviet We should start discussing soon as i am in the process of Claiming land up by your great Nation!
Russkov Soviet, Vista Major
Y'all's talkin' too much
I get it.
Go back to reading Buzzfeed articles while we're actually livening up the RMB.
Y'all's talkin' too little
Mercunova, Gualimole
Why can't I like posts twice?
Everestopia
Have I been added to the list yet.
I've been approved.
Russkov Soviet
Aha!
Gualimole
Also similar to, "Eureka!", which is California's state motto.
Everestopia
List? What list?
The list of all the people who are citizens.
Got a telegram saying I am, but I've yet to go on the list.
Russkov Soviet, Mercunova
Ah.. I don't remember who's in charge of it, but it might take another day or so. Took me four from my TG.
For all of you anarcho-capitalists out there:
"A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system, as incompatible with the principle that labor must be freely undertaken and under the control of the producer."
-Noam Chomsky
Wynnderland
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/university-strikes-royal-holloway-principal-14433401 - Students camped outside of his office for 120 hours after there was a strike that lasted about 6 months if I remember correctly, I literally had no seminars or lectures for this amount of time, and still to this very day we have received no compensation whatsoever. Who the f*ck orders a taxi and still pays for it if it doesn't turn up? The same goes for university, I'm paying for a service, if I don't get that I don't expect to be made to pay. When finally pressured, all he did was email us saying he's sorry and that he'll put it into a disadvantaged students fund, which I and all other UK tax payers already pay for, and besides I'm not using my hard earned money to pay for someone else's tuition. He still has a massive office and his 18 plate Jag on the turf outside.
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/royal-holloway-principal-criticised-less-14205204 - Speaking at a staff meeting on November 29 last year, Mr Layzell claimed women have a "natural tendency to not have a go and put themselves in for promotion". - In a recording of the meeting obtained by student magazine Orbital , which published the story on Tuesday (January 23), Mr Layzell also said the university has a "transparent and fair pay system". His comments came after figures released by Times Higher Education (THE) revealed the Egham university has a 10% gender pay gap for full-time professors , making it the seventh worst in the country.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/03/new-breed-fat-cats-university-boss-vice-chancellors - "At Royal Holloway, where students are petitioning against their principal's pay, Paul Layzell's salary is partly determined by an appraisal of his performance an appraisal between two people, one of whom is Paul Layzell. When the pay recommendations go before the college council, the student reps have to leave the room. So much for the coalition's bold new era of the student as customer and the customer as king."
Penguania And Antarctica, Gualimole
I can already feel the blood being sucked from my body what with all this conservative talk.
Everestopia, Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Kinky.
Nuremgard
Sagrada Iberia is a moralistic democracy. So moralistic in fact that civil rights are literally outlawed.
Mercunova
Is that even possible?
You love it really Unfallious. I know you find it a turn on! :P
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Apparently so. I managed to up them to "unheard of" because I let the police mistreat immigrants but then I had the government tightly control drug production and that reduced them back to being outlawed.
Gualimole
Unf's girlfriend is the Iron Lady's corpse. He likes pegging, BTW.
No, I mean, in real life.
I guess? I mean, I doubt North Koreans have any rights.
Gualimole
So wrong. Do not use her name in such ways.
But does any country actually ban civil rights outright?
Thatcher and Reagan sitting in a tree
F-U-C-K-I-N-G T-H-E W-O-R-K-I-N-G C-L-A-S-S
Nuremgard
It's not fair to British women that the UK has had two terrible female PMs.
Nuremgard
Just one... May.
Reagan and Thatcher were gods.
If you're a feminist and want to show that women are just as hideous as men when they get a whiff of power, May and Thatcher are the perfect examples.
Gualimole
Is Thatcher not a woman?
If you were rich.
Nuremgard
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