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Yet both are still reliant upon their labor for their livelihood.
by crdoconnor 11y ago
Yet both are still reliant upon their labor for their livelihood.
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago...for some definitions of the word 'labor'. A difference is, working for minimum wage leaves you at risk of housing, food, health. Anyone who escapes the trap of too-poor-to-live inhabits a different world.
- crdoconnor 11y agoThey still have much more in common than either do with tech billionaires or the land owners to whom they both pay half of their income to in rent. There are laborers - minimum wagers and programmers alike - and there those who are parasitic on the labor of others - CEOs, landlords, financiers. That's the real American divide. Not "scraping by" vs "not scraping by".
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoPhilosophy aside, after your living is secure all the rest is imaginary points. It has to mean less than risk-of-death or living in poverty. Maybe not to a 20-something idealist; but definitely to a parent.
- crdoconnor 11y agoEven supposedly secure, well compensated tech workers can usually still count the number of paychecks away from poverty they are. While you can do that you're not really 'secure'. Especially when you're paying $3,200 a month for the privilege of living in a city where they can earn the good money. But we're still taught to sympathize with the Steve Jobs and Larry Pages than the McDonalds servers who can also count the number of paychecks away from destitution they are.
- littletimmy 11y agoI agree. Let's take these imaginary points away from corporations. They're imaginary, they shouldn't care.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoBasic Income! Agreed!