If an engineer wants to extract every cent of value they create then they need to also take the burden of all the risk. This is, of course, the argument that c

If an engineer wants to extract every cent of value they create then they need to also take the burden of all the risk. This is, of course, the argument that capitalists use to justify their disproportionate take, but it doesn't hold water, because they don't really take on much risk. They risk capital they have. often in massive amounts; laborers have to work because they don't have capital to put at risk in the first place. The only thing the bosses are actually risking is becoming workers again, which they'll fight furiously to avoid, because they know how much it sucks, because they're the reason why it sucks.