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Anarchy would be without laws. I am describing liberty. There are people whose work is worth less than $20 / hour. If there is a minimum wage, those people ar
by sib 3y ago
Anarchy would be without laws.
I am describing liberty.
There are people whose work is worth less than $20 / hour. If there is a minimum wage, those people are not able to work. So they don't have the freedom to work if they want to.
You are free to buy a phone from someone else if you don't like Apple's terms. Everyone at Apple is not forced to do labor to provide you something that they don't want to provide.
We have what are called "right-to-work" states which means that people in those states are not forced to join unions in those states. In other states, if there is a union at a particular workplace, employees are forced to join it, even if they do not want to.
- Spivak 3y ago> Anarchy would be without laws. And you don't see laws as antithetical to individual freedom? Anyone bound by a law by definition is less free. Paying someone less than what is required for them to live in the area they work reduces my individual freedom because I end up forced to pay the cost of your laborer through social welfare programs. When you buy anything including labor you pay for its cost not its value to you. Is requiring food be safe to eat forcing someone to do labor they don't want to provide? If you don't like that a workplace has a union you're free work somewhere else. Unionized workplaces aren't forced to provide you the benefits of collective bargaining without joining. Liberty is way more complicated than you're making it and isn't fewer restrictions on individuals --> more feee.