> If employees actually owned part of the business like the owners, or to put it another way, there is no employee/employer separation, then it's clear they wou

> If employees actually owned part of the business like the owners, or to put it another way, there is no employee/employer separation, then it's clear they would want to work since they A) own part of the business and B) have say over the business. Just label the employee "contractor" and the employer "client", and you end up with the exact same picture: the contractor would like to be paid by the client without doing any work. The client would like to pay nothing while having all the work done. They meet in the middle somewhere. For subsistence farmers, that might look differently, but mostly it's just an internalized split between wanting the fruits and not wanting the labor.