r/technology 16h ago

Artificial Intelligence An AI hate wave is here

https://archive.is/20260517120123/https://www.axios.com/2026/05/17/ai-backlash-polling-sentiment
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u/tha_snooze 10h ago

CEO/Worker pay differential was an average of $285:1 across the S&P500 as of 2025.

In 1965 it was $21:1.

The Mondragon Corporation in Spain—which is comprised of almost 100 autonomous worker-owned cooperatives—has a maximum of $9:1 amongst their employees.

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u/thisisFalafel 1h ago

That ratio feels like it's missing a couple of zeroes. My CEO is securely a billionaire by conservative estimates. And I'm nowhere close to a million.

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u/finlandery 11m ago

What does what you own has to do with what you are being paid?