This. It infuriates me when people casually dismiss workers claims of value by saying they didnt put any money in, so they deserve little. To me, my time is mo

This. It infuriates me when people casually dismiss workers claims of value by saying they didnt put any money in, so they deserve little. To me, my time is more valuable than you will ever be able to pay me for, but Im willing to take what I consider a huge paycut to work on something I enjoy and believe I can bring value to. To give a good example of this disparity in value eatimates, I have in the past done a lot of consulting work for law firms. In the process, I made friends with quite a few paralegals and secretaries. At least two I know locally are bringing in over 1mil a year by their own work product, mostly seperate from their bosses. neither of them have gotten a bonus or raise for it. Why? Because all the partners thing they have most of the risk (somewhat true) and therefor they should get it all. In reality though, while the risk itself is largely the partners, the value is not, and by failing to properly reward value contributions, they create a really fucked up employment atmosphere where people arent nearly as motivated to do all that work for so little reward. So for all the ones I know who do produce a lot of value and fail to get compensated, I know more who could bring that level but chose not to because they simply have no incentive. As a side note, I also recently found out that the office managers of various firms will call around and discuss salaries so that they can all keep position x at roughly the same pay in the entire city, so that people dont jump ship to other firms. When I said it seemed illegal, the secretaries said yeah, but what are you going to do, sue all the people in town who do it when they are the ones who are "upstanding members of the community, know all the judges, and have all the money?". This disparity of power is the problem, and I see it constantly. What annoys me the most is all the people who tell people to just be happy they even have a job, as if the oppressed should be happy and thankful for their wage slavery. Class warfare is real, ongoing, and the rich are winning.