This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day…at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.
god damn
The problem with raising minimum wage is the fact that it’ll most likely cause inflation as businesses lose money.
(Source: bencrowther)
Kanye school himself in his home studio, 1997.
“Lock yourself in a room doing 5 beats a day for 3 summers.
That’s a Different World, like Cree Summer’s.
I deserve to do these numbers.
The kid that made that
Deserves that Maybach
So many records in my basement
I’m just waiting on my spaceship…”
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(Source: kanyewestitalia)
“She had a brainy girl’s discomfort about her own beauty and its effects on folks.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest