A question: are those criteria part of a definition or hints? Possesion of certain amounts of illegal drugs hints that someone's a dealer, but it's not the def

A question: are those criteria part of a definition or hints? Possesion of certain amounts of illegal drugs hints that someone's a dealer, but it's not the definition. Selling is. The real definition of employee seems more related to a higher dependence on the employer. Looking closer at the points you quote gives a different vision. As an example: owning of tools and materials is actually a burden for the worker. A car, including maintenance, is a significant financial investment. Forcing workers to provide them doesn't make them less dependent on the company, on the contrary. Similar objections can be put on the rest of criteria. With realization of profit I agree, but are you sure that works well everywhere and for everybody? I suspect that's not the case outside rich areas.