I’m getting at the fact that nobody from steam ever said it was originally priced at 750, but “gamers” are saying so because “Gab is a good billionaire”. Whatever he does, he will always get his ass kissed because he runs a “convenient” store front.
Steam is a disgusting business that that made hundred of millions by promothing gambling for kids, has sub 300 employees while making record profits year after year. Literately one of the most profitable company in the world, that gets 30% on each fucking game sold (blablabla industry standard bullshit, epic takes 12% btw).
So yeah, if you part of the people that defends that type of business, you’re just another one of capitalism’s little bitch is what I’m getting at.
Yeah, but that’s not their fault, it’s the capitalist system as it’s been twisted by neoliberal economic theory.
What we need are rational marginal tax rates (80%+ on income over $10 MM/year) and no significant capital gains exemptions (say, 50% inclusion on first $10K capital gains, 65% on next $40K, and 100% inclusion advice $50K). Add a 1% wealth tax on all wealth above $10 MM, 2% above $100 MM, and 3% on wealth above $1 B, then billionaires aren’t nearly as much of a problem any more.
The US started its death spiral in the 1976 with Buckley v. Valeo. I don’t see how they can reverse course, now, but that was the start of the end.
“Gabe is a good billionaire” is a possible reason to make that claim. The other is to remind people to be mad at the datacentres gobbling up all the hardware. The latter seems to be how everyone is interpreting it based on the other comment chains under this post.
I’m getting at the fact that nobody from steam ever said it was originally priced at 750, but “gamers” are saying so because “Gab is a good billionaire”. Whatever he does, he will always get his ass kissed because he runs a “convenient” store front.
Steam is a disgusting business that that made hundred of millions by promothing gambling for kids, has sub 300 employees while making record profits year after year. Literately one of the most profitable company in the world, that gets 30% on each fucking game sold (blablabla industry standard bullshit, epic takes 12% btw).
So yeah, if you part of the people that defends that type of business, you’re just another one of capitalism’s little bitch is what I’m getting at.
Yeah, but that’s not their fault, it’s the capitalist system as it’s been twisted by neoliberal economic theory.
What we need are rational marginal tax rates (80%+ on income over $10 MM/year) and no significant capital gains exemptions (say, 50% inclusion on first $10K capital gains, 65% on next $40K, and 100% inclusion advice $50K). Add a 1% wealth tax on all wealth above $10 MM, 2% above $100 MM, and 3% on wealth above $1 B, then billionaires aren’t nearly as much of a problem any more.
The US started its death spiral in the 1976 with Buckley v. Valeo. I don’t see how they can reverse course, now, but that was the start of the end.
“Gabe is a good billionaire” is a possible reason to make that claim. The other is to remind people to be mad at the datacentres gobbling up all the hardware. The latter seems to be how everyone is interpreting it based on the other comment chains under this post.