r/dankmemes 1d ago

OC Maymay ♨ They can’t make any money off it

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u/popcornsprinkled 1d ago

Neoliberalism thrives off of fake empathy. The literally pretend to feel empathy for marginalized groups, raise up fake allyship and cash out. Just look at previous years of pride month. They were everywhere! Now that the it's not profitable, we see less and less. I barely saw any pride stuff this year.

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u/Mediocre-Ad-2828 1d ago

You reminded me of those Ads you see here in Europe that depict African children with some random white person "helping them". Even though they say it's non-profit, you do a little digging and it turns out that one of the founders used to work at Goldman Sachs or some similar firm.

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u/DeathHopper Green 23h ago

And the funny thing about non profits is that they can still set their salaries to whatever they feel like. 500k/year salaries are not uncommon in the non profit world.

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u/Mediocre-Ad-2828 16h ago

I've heard that as well, but wow do they really go that high?

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u/popcornsprinkled 20h ago

I hate stuff like that. It's obvious they're trying to manipulate you. It's trashy, and it makes me want to do the exact opposite of what they're asking.

Hell, I'm a thrift shop girl, but damn do I know I'm not actually helping anyone when I go to goodwill. Their CEO is trash.

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u/Mediocre-Ad-2828 16h ago

Is there a non-trash CEO? Honestly I feel like people whose job title is summed up in a three-letter acronym are by default horrible humans.

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u/popcornsprinkled 14h ago

Fair, but they have a habit of using legal loopholes to hire disabled people for under the minimum wage. Not training on safety, and price gouging on stuff they got for free. It's an extra bit of shitty.

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u/ExploringDoctor 18h ago

Now that the it's not profitable, we see less and less. I barely saw any pride stuff this year

Why should they ? Does it help anybody or solve any actual issue ?

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u/popcornsprinkled 16h ago

Oh, it absolutely doesn't. I also knew they were only pretending to care for money.

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u/VirtueSignalLost 17h ago

I just wish next time people would realise what's not profitable sooner. Solves a lot of problems.

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u/popcornsprinkled 16h ago

Oh, it was absolutely profitable. That's why it went so hard for so long. Sadly, it was a fad.