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People have choices. They can work for another company, they can start their own business, they can go live in the forest and live off the land. People can do w

People have choices. They can work for another company, they can start their own business, they can go live in the forest and live off the land. People can do whatever they want. If they want to get money and work at a specific company, don't claim they are slaves. Amazon makes an offer: hey, if you work here you get X amount, and they accept. You can claim an employee is a tool for the company, but you can also claim a company is a money generator for an employee. It's a work-money trade between 2 parties. Don't claim it's slavery.

croniev 6y ago
More often than not its "take this abusive offer or starve to death". Not much of a choice there. The way I see it, what you're describing is an outdated ideology, which does not apply in practice in most parts of the world, except for a few privileged places.
dandare 6y ago
Those choices will become illusions. > Work for another company -> compete for decreasing number of jobs with increasing number of candidates. > start their own business -> compete with everyone that is smarter than you and/or had a better starting position. > go live in the forest and live off the land -> this is called poverty.
- bearjaws 6y ago
  Not to mention in the USA: Leave your job -> Lose health insurance and anything you paid towards your deductible
- jdmoreira 6y ago
  I agree with you. But I think there might be a way out: Spend as little as possible and use all your extra cash to buy stocks. Not meme stocks of course but either an index fund or if you really trust your skill go ahead and pick stocks. If there is a wealth transfer you will be at least partially on the receiving end.
mrwoggle 6y ago
Come on, this is a very narrow view of things. There are a lot of people that can't just quit their job and start their own business, because well, they don't have any savings or access to credit. The work-money trade could be very very unequal.

croniev 6y ago

More often than not its "take this abusive offer or starve to death". Not much of a choice there. The way I see it, what you're describing is an outdated ideology, which does not apply in practice in most parts of the world, except for a few privileged places.

dandare 6y ago

Those choices will become illusions. > Work for another company -> compete for decreasing number of jobs with increasing number of candidates. > start their own business -> compete with everyone that is smarter than you and/or had a better starting position. > go live in the forest and live off the land -> this is called poverty.

bearjaws 6y ago
Not to mention in the USA: Leave your job -> Lose health insurance and anything you paid towards your deductible
jdmoreira 6y ago
I agree with you. But I think there might be a way out: Spend as little as possible and use all your extra cash to buy stocks. Not meme stocks of course but either an index fund or if you really trust your skill go ahead and pick stocks. If there is a wealth transfer you will be at least partially on the receiving end.

mrwoggle 6y ago

Come on, this is a very narrow view of things. There are a lot of people that can't just quit their job and start their own business, because well, they don't have any savings or access to credit. The work-money trade could be very very unequal.