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Except that there are plenty of people who are willing to work for these terms. Doesn't make it OK. We're not machines. We're not robots. We're not fungible re
by EliRivers 12y ago
Except that there are plenty of people who are willing to work for these terms.
Doesn't make it OK. We're not machines. We're not robots. We're not fungible resource. We're people, and we object to creating a society in which the rich and powerful play off the less fortunate against each other, creating a race to the bottom until every employee is scratching out a bare existence in the knowledge that if they so much as ask for a five minute break they'll be fired and replaced with someone slightly more timid. Obviously the rich don't generally object to this.
But then, the market doesn't tend to like that.
Which is why we have government and unions. "The market" is meant to be a tool that serves people and makes life better. It's not perfect, it's not magic, and applied excessively it makes people miserable; there is very definitely a time to tell the religious caste in society that worships "the market" to get bent.
- jaxn 12y agoI didn't see your reply when I wrote my comment above. You are right that you are not robots. Currently irregular shift workers are cheaper than robots, but that will not be true forever and the more expensive we make workers, the cheaper robots become.