how is this any different from job hopping of yore? people play a negotiation game around salary, and increase the frequency in an effort to increase the rate

how is this any different from job hopping of yore? people play a negotiation game around salary, and increase the frequency in an effort to increase the rate of… increase. a pattern is recognized by an individual that values optimization highest, the pattern is exploited, and ultimately corrupted. people wonder why we can’t have nice things, and blame employers. also known as other people. then it gets meta. someone writes an article about it, and someone else ensures there’s an ad or a subscription paired with the article. now the pattern can be exploited in a different dimension. the result is the same. wheeeeeeee.