They produce the goods that we consume. We are the ones working in their marketing department, building their online stores, streamlining consumption. Then we go home and buy stuff we don't need.

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n4r9 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

They only "produce" anything in an abstract economic sense.

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treyd 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The productive capacity for the goods we consume was built by average people. Billionaires only exist to skim off the top, and are not a required component of the process.

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nicbou 2 days ago | parent [-]

What does this have to do with the discussion?

	▲	treyd 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Refusing the above claim that billionaires produce the "goods that we consume".

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hashstring 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Honey, wake up, we’re living in the finance capitalism era. Also in this part of history, the majority of the goods you consume are NOT produced by your overlords. The goods are produced by labour. Not by speculation or by private ownership of the means of production.

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nicbou 2 days ago | parent [-]

Starting a comment with honey does not prime the reader for polite conversation. Mind the HN guidelines.

	▲	hashstring 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It’s a pretty common meme template. It shouldn’t prime a reader for impolite conversation, especially given the HN guidelines.