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Property developer and CEO Tim Gurner: "We need to see unemployment rise. Unemployment has to jump 40, 50 percent in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around."

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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

He is a fucking Property Developer. That is the definition of someone who doesn’t actually do any real work.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know what parallel universe this idiot is living in but nothing has changed over here. People know they work for an employer, we sure as hell know the employer doesn't give a rat's arse about their employees, we'd like them to, but we know they don't.

What's he on about?

Anyway he's a property developer so I think that perhaps his opinion is somewhat biased, and therefore should be ignored.

[–] skellener@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Or maybe it’s really just time to eat the rich?

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, let's see how many of these guys survive when unemployment is at 50% and people are starving and desperate.

"Eat the rich" will become a much more literal rallying cry.

[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While the guy is an asshole, your title is grade A bullshit and a warping of his actual words.

He said a jump of 40-50%, meaning that if there's 5% unemployment, he wants to push it to 7,5%.

His whole talk is horrible and disgusting enough without you misrepresenting it.

[–] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

The math here is good point to be aware of and as stated doesn't preclude that the guy is an asshole for wanting to put even a small percentage of people out of work just so he can raise his assholery to tyrannical proportions. Increasing human suffering to teach people who want to have a better life a lesson. What a cartoon villain.

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Wow that guy looks like a creep

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Big Fight Club moment.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

The Fed and the federal government will give him exactly what he wants.

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