Entrepreneur employ Labor 1 and Labor 2 > Technology increases productivity > Entrepreneur greedy > Entrepreneur fire Labor 1 > Labor 2 keeps working hard, Labo

Entrepreneur employ Labor 1 and Labor 2 > Technology increases productivity > Entrepreneur greedy > Entrepreneur fire Labor 1 > Labor 2 keeps working hard, Labor 1 becomes lesson for Labor 2. Alternatively, Entrepreneur employ Labor 1 and Labor 2 > Clinton negotiates trade deal > Entrepreneur shift jobs to China > Labor 1 and 2 fired, now compete in a reduced job market > New Entrepreneur now uses Labor 1 and Labor 2 as uber fodder Alternatively, Labor 1 lives in the United States > Labor 1 therefore judges self-worth by his work > Labor 1 therefore works hard because it gives his life meaning And so on. The summary answer to this question is that we're structurally fucked. The only determinant of how hard labor can be pushed is labor power, and labor power is pretty low. The capitalist will colonize every last corner of the earth before he gives the worker any dignity, and probably not even then.