EPTOn May 11 2013 01:53 JonnyBNoHo wrote:
As I've said in other posts, there is actual rational thought behind CEO pay in the US.
You'd do better to understand the issues at hand rather than simply spouting out your own personal politics/morality.
As I've said in other posts, there is actual rational thought behind CEO pay in the US.
You'd do better to understand the issues at hand rather than simply spouting out your own personal politics/morality.
You seem to understand these issues at hand better than anybody else, please elaborate.
On May 11 2013 02:17 sparkk51 wrote:
Anyone who tries to argue this is going to get nowhere, because effort isn't exactly quantifiable.
Capitalism isn't based on what people deserve. Those millions of dollars (or even billions) are simply the result of the decisions they made in a capitalist market. The whole point is to encourage people with innovative ideas to follow through, because there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Anyone who tries to argue this is going to get nowhere, because effort isn't exactly quantifiable.
Capitalism isn't based on what people deserve. Those millions of dollars (or even billions) are simply the result of the decisions they made in a capitalist market. The whole point is to encourage people with innovative ideas to follow through, because there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Yes. Firing entire studios and abolishing all creativity from your company to reduce risk must be very innovative.
Capitalism is flawed. No first world country runs entirely on capitalism, if it did, you wouldn't be typing on your computer, you'd be spending 12 hours a day sweeping chimneys for $1 an hour regardless of your abilities because your parents wouldn't be able to afford your education.
Since corporations have become more powerful than governments, they now have the final word in politics. Our society is moving backwards. The reason its unfair for CEO's to get what they earn is because who paid for their upbringing to get them there in the first place? it was our taxes.
Now that they have reaped the rewards from our taxes, they shouldn't be hoarding all the money themselves, they should be giving back to the community so more like-minded individuals have an equal opportunity to be successful.
Unfortunately the more money these fat cats hoard, the harder it becomes for like-minded young individuals to become successful. Its completely selfish.
For example, every year there's a bigger percentage of money out of the pool that technical schools can use to spend on buying new facilities for aspiring game developers. 20% of entire nations funds is just sitting in some peoples wallets doing nothing and this is increasing. Corporations are making sure that each generation is fucking over the next with its short term thinking. So we end up with a vicious cycle of shittier and more expensive games as it becomes harder to gain the necessary skills to make them.
Wanna hear some irony? Many aspiring 3d modellers have to pirate the authoring tools just so they could teach themselves how to use it, because their schools can't afford it, or they can't afford the schooling. Their access to a free full version allows them to get a huge headstart on others who have to wait till they get a fulltime job in order to afford such a thing. Game companies then hire these young guns to work for them, and then complain about people pirating their games and want to abolish piracy. Without piracy, these companies wouldn't have been able to make the high standard of games in the first place.
Capitalism, it only makes sense with narrow minded thinking. The socialist butterfly effect works in the background while capitalism takes all the credit. Nothing in capitalism would work without the socialist principles propping it up, i.e free education paid with taxes.
