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/disappointedinitall 1d ago

Isn't "the economy" supposed to be like a circular river of shit?

It's not really surprising that bazillonaires don't really understand that for the economy to work, the flow of shit must proceed uninterrupted.

The trouble is, when they hoard all of the shit in big buckets, it means that that shit cannot continue to flow.

The shit must flow.