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There are no employee rights in modern capitalism. In the 19th century, they worked 80 hours a week in mines, had child labor, no vacations, women were ignored,
by nickthemagicman 7y ago
There are no employee rights in modern capitalism. In the 19th century, they worked 80 hours a week in mines, had child labor, no vacations, women were ignored, indentured servitude existed. All this and more until unions and labor laws.
Karl Marx's entire philosophy was based on the abuses of workers he observed.
Nowadays people mock progressive causes as 'socialism', mock unions and worker protections, demonize progressive politicians, and idolize oligarchs. Even though it's all against their own best interest.
Your idealistic notion of 'rights' doesn't exist and will never happen. You have no rights as long as someone controls your purse strings, which with booming inequality is more and more people nowadays as well.
I can't wait until most jobs are finally automated and we're done with this whole capitalist system entirely and have to figure out what to do next.
- visarga 7y ago> I can't wait until most jobs are finally automated and we're done with this whole capitalist system entirely and have to figure out what to do next. We have to figure that out much sooner than all jobs are automated.
- nickthemagicman 7y agoTotally agree but it's been my experience human beings (as a whole) never do anything about abstract problems until they feel the pinch themselves.