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Some of these things have existed in the past. See company towns, where employees were forced to spend private currencies at shops owned by the same people they
by deft 8y ago
Some of these things have existed in the past. See company towns, where employees were forced to spend private currencies at shops owned by the same people they worked for.
A workers dystopia has already happened, unions and legal changes to work hours & pay got rid of it. As unions lose power (rightfully, due to colluding with the bosses) and laws are torn down to remove regulation, these conditions will return. Zuckerberg and Google both want to build "cities". For who? Their employees.
- s73v3r_ 8y ago"A workers dystopia has already happened, unions and legal changes to work hours & pay got rid of it. " They did, but over the last 50 years or so, we've seen the erosions of union power and the erosion of legal protections for workers. Don't imagine that the fight is over; it's still ongoing.
- deft 8y agoYeah, that's kinda the point I was making. People have stopped caring and the ones opposing these reforms have leapt at the chance to get rid of them.
- Latteland 8y agounion lose power much more frequently from collusion between conservative lawmakers and businesses writing laws against unions, like ELEC does.