“average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989”

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    It’s the same picture from 2 angles.

    In no way is that socialism.

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      Right, but the hypothetical person this person is talking to fires back with “that Nordic country doesn’t count cause that’s socialism”

      I’m a Florida native so I’ve had this conversation with someone, and they’re implying the reason why burgers aren’t $20 is because of some weird centralized control of prices while also conflating social programs with socialism (and not the economic system)

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        Well, helping those people realize that the government can do shit and it not be socialism, because words have actual meanings, is a great way to get them to stop voting against their own self interest, imo.

        It’s why I constantly die on this hill on this site to people who think universal healthcare is socialism, and call themselves socialists as a result.

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          You are absolutely correct.

          I also want to point out, that to those people socialism is when government does ‘bad’ things like helping the poor. When they ban abortions, it’s job well done.