[zanellato19]

Yeah, this is a deliberate choice to make labor less powerful. Capital is willing to be less efficient for that. He does touch upon this by saying that Capital wants every worker to be replaceable.

[bdangubic]

if I learned anything in my (too) long career is that one should do everything possible to ensure that whoever pays you needs you more than you need the money they are paying you. it is not easy to get there right away but if you make this core thing in your career it is achievable and your career will be happy and prosperous

[sumolessons]

I find this insightful. Would you recommend anything in particular to get there? Other than staying frugal and being competent at your job?

[jeltz]

Doesn't that just mean you are underpaid?

[Herring]

> this is a deliberate choice to make labor less powerful...

To be fair, though, I don't trust modern labor either if they can't figure out how to NOT vote for a rapist pedophile real-estate billionaire. Twice. Including a pandemic and a coup.

What a mess we find ourselves in.

[zanellato19]

I think labor is worried about a bunch of practical things that the Democrats didn't know how to communicate and Trump did.

Did he mislead them? Yes but honestly, so did a lot of Democrats.

All that to say, yes, but Capital has a lot more resources available to mess with people's head.