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Hahahaha, this is capital complaining about the increasing cost of labor because of supply constraints straight out, which has been increasing world wide recently because of super-ZIRP and COVID killing off a margin of the workforce. Will he suggest a cap and trade wealth tax over the estate tax limit while people are alive next? No.

The capitalist here is berating other capitalists for not having enough marketing savvy to get labor at cheaper prices. Seth is a capitalist, he treats his work as a business to build vs. a salary to earn. On top of this, Seth's business is consulting to other businesses about marketing, using the marketing techniques of saying something a bit wrong and agreeing with the common man about some stereotypes to enhance it's virality.

It comes to pure supply and demand, and they wouldn't do it if they weren't making more money off of it. It's never about what you "deserve". Anybody on a salary without significant equity ownership is labor, but it's expensive labor in this case. Because if the business could get equivalent quality labor at cheaper prices, they would!

He also knows that "Goldman Sachs" is about class, because they make their money via front office sales, and someone lower class is not going to make a good salesman. Anybody who can do spreadsheets, basic algebra and have a cocaine driven work ethic can do banker jobs, it's not a talent issue beyond insane work ethic and social skills.