Bali said:
@Chen
And then you get bent over by corporations and everyone else profiting off your work. But hey at least you can look down on people from your high horse, I guess.
Pssst. Those corps sponsor said multi-millionaire athletes. They are far from bent over.
@Chen
The ‘volunteers’ at the 2025 Ryder Cup have to pay $350.00 per day to ‘volunteer.’
@Chen
Getting paid to work is the essence of the American dream. Don’t know what ‘old’ one you think you’re talking about, but the American dream has always been about being rich.
@Chen
You’re welcome to volunteer if you want. You also don’t need to if you don’t want. If you think everyone in the US just wants to fuck everyone over, I’m assuming you’re not in the US and are just on Reddit too much.
@Chen
When’s the last time you volunteered?
Denny said:
@Chen
When’s the last time you volunteered?
Coached kids rugby on Saturday! Cold, muddy, and chaos—it was great.
Don’t have kids myself.
@Chen
Well said.
Chen said:
Why does America have to put a price on absolutely everything.
Because when people do work, they should get paid.
Should not shall.
Galen said:
Chen said:
Why does America have to put a price on absolutely everything.
Because when people do work, they should get paid.
Should not shall.
Lawyer detected.
@Galen
Hi Competitive_Plum_970, you have been randomly selected for an internal audit.
You shall comply.
Lex said:
@Galen
Hi Competitive_Plum_970, you have been randomly selected for an internal audit.
You shall comply.
I shall’t!
Chen said:
Why does America have to put a price on absolutely everything.
Because when people do work, they should get paid.
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Chen said:
Why does America have to put a price on absolutely everything.
Land of the fee, baby.
Chen said:
Why does America have to put a price on absolutely everything.
It’s a better system. When you don’t put a price on things, values get distorted. You end up with things people really love not being provided at all because there’s no incentive to provide them (price is too low), or you end up with lots and lots of something being provided that nobody wants.
Prices, and payments for goods/services are just a way for people to show what they want and how much they want it. It’s a highly efficient way of incentivizing the right kind of supply.
(Note: I don’t support these Ryder Cup player payments, but at a higher level, the idea that some people are going to magically provide what other people need without actually knowing what they really want is fantasy).
@Dru
I get your point, but I was solely talking about multi-millionaire professional golfers and the Ryder Cup, not things like great HBO series or NFL RedZone.
Chen said:
Why does America have to put a price on absolutely everything.
If the PGA profits off of it, the players should also. If the idea is that all proceeds will go to charity, that’s a different story. An organization should only request that its employees work for free on this occasion if they are doing the same.
Chen said:
Why does America have to put a price on absolutely everything.
America fuck yeahhh.
Winning team gets paid $25M, losing team gets nothing.
I mean they should be getting paid. Everyone else is getting a cut.
I’m not about to cry for these guys, but they’re the ones we’re here to see. Compensate them.
@Zyler
I’m all for the players donating their share should they choose to do so.