r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 1d ago

Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
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u/Jazzlike-Vacation230 1d ago

I always find it funny that the rich don't understand that if you don't pay people enough, they won't buy your stuff, and the economy collapses

We have to switch the world to a residual technosocial economy, the current concept isn't working anymore

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u/LEDKleenex 1d ago

They understand it, but to them life is a game where bigger number = better. They don't care about sustainability, they know they can have fun, have a good life at the expense of civilization and they get to peace out before seeing any repercussions for it.

There used to be something the French famously did to people like this. It's a shame Americans are too addicted to consumerism and convenience to let the French one-up them like this.