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A phenomenal amount of words are being written about this topic but it seems far simpler to me than most are suggesting. People are sick of those who are alread
by Moissanite 4y ago
A phenomenal amount of words are being written about this topic but it seems far simpler to me than most are suggesting. People are sick of those who are already extremely wealthy capturing so much value from economic activity, without truly earning their wealth (by any reasonable definition of "earning"). Since people still need to eat, we are entering into a spite-centric model where I earn as much as I can, but in competition with my employer rather than collaboration. The easiest way for me to do that is to minimize the benefit they can get from my employment, while not offering any excuse to get rid of me specifically.
The best way I can see to recover from this trend is for employee ownership models to gain traction.
- swagasaurus-rex 4y agoWhy work hard when no amount of work can afford you a home? This is the reality for all my friends who haven't gotten into tech, medicine, law, or found some other way to work a desk job for a corporation.
- Moissanite 4y agoExactly. Even for people in those high prestige, high income fields the link between hard work and success is often negligible. Rent-seekers have taken too much, and we need fundamental structural change.