> But it is clearly not the same thing phrased differently. The first is an accurate description of a wage labor relationship, the latter is an accurate descrip

> But it is clearly not the same thing phrased differently. The first is an accurate description of a wage labor relationship, the latter is an accurate description of the relation between members of a labor cooperative. You can imagine that the latter relationship is the case when you are in the former relationship, but self-delusion probably isn't useful or healthy in the long term. I disagree that this is self-delusion, and that's a thoroughly unhelpful attitude - you are just choosing to emphasise a different set of facts, which does not invalidate the other. There are absolutely loads of jobs out there for a talented developer at this point in time. You can essentially select any team you want, and name your price - the upshot is that this moves so much power away from employers that the relationship is pretty far away from wage slavery.