I mean… Lawrence of Arabia was a real person and his story was quite well known. Written into a biographical account in 1926.
It’s not a far stretch to think Herbert was inspired by those stories as well as those of the desert rats and fighting forces in the Africa campaigns of WW2, Conrad’s heart of darkness and well… Yeah everything in human history up to that point.
Socialism doesn’t mean that money goes away. It means that your hard earned money is yours to spend how you please.
You’re not forced to pay insane rent to line the pockets of a landlord, rather you live in a rent controlled neighbourhood where the profits go towards housing generations of people.
Another way the money you have is yours to spend how you see fit: Rewarding other people like you and I for running the local coffee shop or splurging for the D.O.P. San Marzano tomatoes at the grocery store and insert that money directly into your local economy.
Money exists, you just don’t have to spend all of it on surviving. Rather, you can spend it on living.
You still make money based on your merit and input, grocery clerks aren’t being paid the same as neurosurgeons but both people can spend the same basic amount every month on living.
Thanks for the clarification. I totally forgot it isn’t federally regulated.
There are also student wages which allow you to pay students under 18 even lower wages. Fun stuff!
It is sadly a part of canadian restaurant culture but not seen as mandatory. Canadian service workers are regulated to be paid at least minimum wage.
Companies mostly use tipping here as an excuse for the wages to not come out of their own pockets. If tips received equal or exceed minimum wage then they don’t have to fork out the cash. If the employee only made $10hr in tips then the employer fills in the rest.
Because of this, I mostly refuse to tip. I’m not going to subsidise a restaurant paying their employees. If you can’t afford to pay people you shouldn’t be in business.
What do you use your keyboard/computer for and for how long if you don’t mind my asking?
Now the world will have to start reacting to Micro-Okra in the water? When will this end‽
I’m going to need some help with this one…
My job sees me putting a lot of really heavy objects on trailers, vehicles, boats and trains.
You must say “She ain’t going nowhere” and tap the load with your hand or else she is going somewhere you don’t want.
I swear by it. Every time I or one of my subordinates has forgotten the phrase its been a disaster. So we say it every time now and make sure the new guys do it to. Or else.