Raw LLM Responses

As Amazon is automating, and cutting (some say the ultimate goal) 75% of their workforce - they seem to be oblivious that all the other companies are automating to. Capitalists are dismantling their customer base in exchange for short term gains. Creating an imperative for a UBI that they have no intention of funding when they'll be the only ones that can fund it. The implicit strategy seems clear: amass enough wealth and infrastructure to survive the economic implosion they’re engineering. What emerges is not capitalism, but a neo feudalism where the only jobs will be administrators and servers of the oligarchs. Capitalists are destroying capitalism. They need to be saved from themselves There is no legislative or constitutional barrier, I am aware of, to prevent us from passing legislation that any business that profits from the work of employees cannot pay any one individual more than 100 times the salary of its lowest paid employee [*]. This would only adversely affect less than 1% of the population; and not egregiously. Fat cats could still fill their coffers with multiple companies paying them large salaries (that are only minimally grotesque) as well as stocks, real estate, etc. - The obscenely rich would still have ample opportunities to horde wealth. But pay tied to corporate compensation would be more equitable - the middle class would expand to encompass nearly all living in poverty, - and a potential for additional corporate profits going to paying stock dividends (like they're supposed to) and lowering prices of merchandise. We can have a capitalism that isn't quite so laissez-faire (for lack of a better term), a more socialized version of capitalism that isn't necessarily Socialism - but rather equitability. Where similar plans have been tried (Portland, Israel, some European nations) the 'cons' have been more rhetorical than actual My problem is with the capitalism that makes profit the cut-throat prime directive. Employee compensation is systematically minimized to increase profits for the corporation, while the executives' pay themselves millions because, for some reason, the same economic concept doesn't apply to them. Capitalism without conscience is just feudalism with stock options. Conversely, I'm not sure the human animal (tribal, competitive, status-driven - poorly suited to egalitarian utopias) is capable of sustaining socialism. I favor a system more akin to Market Socialism. And for those that favor a more purist socialism - it's positive steps in the right direction. As entrenched as capitalism is, socialism isn't going to happen overnight - not without making a mess. [*] Catch-All Provision for High-Net-Worth Individuals Applicability: Individuals with net worth exceeding 100 times the average annual income of the nation (currently about $6 million), excluding the value of a primary residence and essential personal assets (vehicles, necessary household items, etc.). Labor Coverage: Any person employed or hired for any duration or purpose. Compensation Standard: Pay extrapolated to a 40-hour workweek. Minimum pay = 125% of federally established living wage.