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Is ability to charge money for any labor a human right?
by omonra 15y ago
Is ability to charge money for any labor a human right?
- extension 15y agoCharging money is a right. Making money isn't.
- redthrowaway 15y agoThis is one of those few one-liners that perfectly captures the point without any need for further exposition. It's like a ridiculously short function that does exactly what it needs to do. Thanks.
- Lazare 15y agoApparently not. :) Almost all countries have extensive rules limiting your ability to charge money for your labour, including but not limited to: * Minimum wage laws * Professional licensing laws * Legal bans on prostitution
- ovi256 15y ago>Legal bans on prostitution This is a widely misunderstood thing. Almost no country bans prostitution per se, not even most US states. That would be a gross violation of economic freedom. Instead they ban activities perceived as harmful: soliciting and pimping.
- TeMPOraL 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_and_the_law#Worldwide_laws http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_and_the_law#Worldw... Wikipedia seems to disagree.
- burgerbrain 15y agoIt is a human right to only work voluntarily. The alternative is slavery. So yes, it is.
- twelvechairs 15y agoYes - but the real point is about those 'artists' who work voluntarily on projects of their own choosing for (at best) speculative financial return. Sometimes they might get nothing for their efforts, and this has to be accepted.
- burgerbrain 15y agoI make a distinction between "labor" and "selling 'intellectual property'". Nobody has the right to make money off selling something that doesn't exist.
- tikhonj 15y agoWell no, the alternative is to not work at all. And I know plenty of people (heh, Berkeley) who get along fine without working. Some of them are probably happier than plenty of employed people. I know this isn't strictly relevant, but I really believe that thanks to technology improvements, we need to work on dispelling the idea that everybody has to work. Unemployment should gradually stop being a horrible fate worthy of pity or derision, but rather a viable career path. One of these days...
- burgerbrain 15y agoThe point is that nobody can be compelled to preform labor. Both sides have the right to negotiate.
- mnutt 15y agoI think you were originally downvoted because slavery isn't slavery because the person isn't being paid, but because the person is being forced to work against their will. In fact, if the person was forced to work against their will and paid for it, that's still effectively slavery.
- burgerbrain 15y ago"It is a human right to only work voluntarily. The alternative is slavery." I'm not saying anything about pay. Of course if all work is voluntary, then the ability to only work for pay is implied.