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> How could you compare someone voluntarily engaging in employment to slave labor? The gig workers I talked to basically told me „it’s either that gig job or s
by augstein 7y ago
> How could you compare someone voluntarily engaging in employment to slave labor?
The gig workers I talked to basically told me „it’s either that gig job or starving“, so I‘m not so sure about the voluntariness anymore.
- gruez 7y ago>it’s either that gig job or starving You could say the same about every American living paycheck to paycheck. Are they all slaves?
- your-nanny 7y agomaybe!?
- sctb 7y agoYou've been posting a whole lot of unsubstantive comments. Could you please review the guidelines and work on telling us more? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dragonwriter 7y agoYes wage slavery is a key features of capitalism, and a key incentive for capitalists (the economic class) to oppose reforms to increase the economic security of the working class, as mitigating wage slavery frees employees to demand a greater share of the value produced.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoThere are some people who are not well educated and they can't get other jobs. So yes, that might be the only job where they can work around limitations on child care or whatever.