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By this logic, no company exploits its workers, since otherwise they'd just leave.
by cool_dude85 5y ago
By this logic, no company exploits its workers, since otherwise they'd just leave.
- savanaly 5y agoDid someone just have their moment of libertarian enlightenment?
- mindslight 5y agoLibertarian enlightenment is reading the Austrian school and realizing we're so far away from libertarianism that applying it to narrow scopes can often end up justifying oppression.
- ejb999 5y agothat is a strange logical leap that makes absolutely no sense.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y agoAny time someone says "by this logic" or "so basically you're saying" or just straight up fabricates a statement in quotes that weren't said, you know you're about to read a strawman fallacy.
- sneak 5y agoCompanies that are the only labor buyer in town can exploit their staff. Uber cannot. The only reason people would drive for Uber is if they can make more money than doing whatever they would do if Uber didn't exist. Therefore, if Uber didn't exist and they couldn't drive for them, they would be worse off. That's the opposite of exploitation.