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Do you realize that in this framework "wage slavery" doesn't exist too? What you "earn" is partly due to your efforts, and partly due to you utilizing the infr
by monort 11y ago
Do you realize that in this framework "wage slavery" doesn't exist too?
What you "earn" is partly due to your efforts, and partly due to you utilizing the infrastructure of your employer. So a part of your "earnings" is employer's.
- littletimmy 11y agoSure. What is meant by "slavery" in this context is not appropriation of a portion of labor value. It is being forced to sell your labor on the market in the first place - a process that necessarily sets up exploitative conditions for those with little market power.
- monort 11y agoI don't think it's a useful slavery definition because the thing forcing you to work is nature. You are being forced to brush teeth by the same entity, that forces you to work, so in this context even teeth brushing becomes "teeth brushing slavery".