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kleinbl00  ·  2438 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Apples and Walmarts

Don't let a bad essay by a simp with a John Galt tattoo convince you these are the only two choices. The argument isn't "make Walmart increase its wages" it's "make everyone increase their wages".

It's super-funny how these discussions are always about Walmart and "company completely and utterly unlike Walmart" when they could much more easily be about Walmart and Costco. Walmart has a 3% profit margin and pays their employees shit. Costco has a 2.5% profit margin and pays entry level employees $13.50 an hour.

But it just wouldn't be libertarianism without some cynical, sophomoric sleight-of-hand.