“This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no consent and no compensation. So if you think that’s a groundbreaking proposal, I suggest you think again.”

  • Flying Squid
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    Okay, what is the acceptable level of “expensive” where people have a right to complain about not being paid enough?

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      Anyone who makes more wealth than average gets no sympathy from me when complaining about money.

      However, anyone has the ‘right’ to complain about anything. It’s called freedom of speech.

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              Yep. They get no sympathy from me when the vast majority of people in the world still have less.

              Once they make more money, prices go up and the children in Africa continue to starve.

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                So basically less than one percent of Americans should be unhappy about what they’re being paid. They could live in a shack with no running water, but because they’re worth $9000, they have no right to complain.

                That’s really what you think?

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                  Yep. They should understand that they still have more wealth than the vast majority of people ever to walk to Earth. Not many Americans are in that position though. The problem is that $9k “isn’t a lot” in the US because most of our money is being siphoned by those richer than us.

                  If we reduced the disparity in wealth, $9k could be a lot.

                  It’s important we help out those at the bottom, not those towards the top. Even below “America’s” poverty line, you’re still globally more wealthy than most people can ever hope to be. As soon as you make more money, prices get up so the world’s poorest continue to stagnate. This is why inflation is a good thing for the ruling class.

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                    If I’m worth $9000, I am at the bottom. And I’m living like the people in third world countries. You sound like you’re coming from a very privileged position and do not know what poverty in America is like. There are children literally starving in this country because their parents can’t afford to feed them enough, even with food assistance. And then there’s healthcare. Good luck if you have a long-term or chronic illness in America. In plenty of third-world countries, they still have socialized medicine.

                    But if you’re worth $9000 in America and you have cancer, you have no right to complain. Just die. This is your logic.