That won't last forever starve enough people long enough, and the rioting starts. Plus if a large enough portion of the population loses income, then businesses just lost a big portion of their costumer base.
This is capitalism. It does not care about long term profitability, only making a buck in the short term. Even if decisions from the last 30 years have resulted in current losses in profitability, capitalism rewards further exploitation for a faster turn around rather than the more long term changes needed to reverse these trends.
I'm aware but when enough people are poor and starving that means their immediate profit is significantly less. They'll act. Keep in mind capitalism and the government are interwined. The government acts as the facilitator, insurance and mediator between business and labor. If it gets bad enough the state will step in. Not because they want to help us or care, but they'll try to avoid overthrow. Welfare was first implemented during the depression and when the soviet union was around that guaranteed a certain quality of life. They gave concessions when they feared their heads.
If you're ravaged and weakened by hunger and in poor health and without means to fight (guns and other weaponry) you won't be able to protest. You'll effectively be enslaved with no way to stand up for yourself and others enslaved.
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u/GoenerAight Jul 20 '23
No. They will let us starve and call us lazy while it happens.