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The whip on your back, the ability to choose your work to some degree, the part where you get paid, the part where you don't get food housing and medical care f
by t-3 2y ago
The whip on your back, the ability to choose your work to some degree, the part where you get paid, the part where you don't get food housing and medical care from the owner but from your own money, the expectation of basic social respect... Pretty much everything except the part where you don't really have shit at the end.
- ysofunny 2y agothe whip got optimized most people have it internalized this was found to be much more efficient that actual whipping
- nthingtohide 2y agoPetition to change "invisible hand" of Adam Smith to "invisible whip".
- slt2021 2y agoin the US the whip has morphed, because health insurance is provided by the employer - it forces you to seek employment. if you want to live - you will have to work to have access to healthcare
- numa7numa7 2y agoNo longer can you just go get 40 acres and a mule survive independantly, so job loss skyrockets your risk of death. The new whip is starvation, homelessness, no health care, being out on the street amongst dangerous people, etc.