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This tweet was from 2022. Can someone go check if the prediction came true? (startrek.website)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Maybe the problem with tipping is that corporations are able to play chicken with the consumer.

Who's willing to let the worker starve? The consumers are definitely more empathetic

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Corpos and their willingness to weaponize empathy is pretty fucking evil.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Maybe the problem with tipping is that corporations are able to play chicken with the consumer.

How many restaurant owners do you know that would increase wages simply because the daily tip rate was falling?

Who’s willing to let the worker starve? The consumers are definitely more empathetic

Empathizing with one's working peers is central to emergent class consciousness. Tip your waiters today. Don't cross that picket line tomorrow. General strike the day after.