top | item 46946794

(no title)

elevatortrim | 20 days ago

Of course not. In the world of capitalism and employment, money earned is not a function of productivity, it is a function of competency. It is all relative.

discuss

order

nico_h|20 days ago

Oh you sweet summer child. Under capitalism money is a function of how low you can pay your fungible organic units before they look for other opportunities or worse, unionize (but that can be dealt with relatively easily nowadays). Except for a few exceptional locations and occupations, the scale is tilted waaay against the individual, especially in the land of the free (see H-1B visas, medical debt and workers on food stamps). (See also the record profits or big companies since Covid).

elevatortrim|19 days ago

> Oh you sweet summer child.

Let's keep it civil.

> ow low you can pay your fungible organic units before they look for other opportunities or worse

This is what I meant? The more replace-able you are, the lowest you can be paid before you look for other opportunities. And, of course, yes, it is absolutely tilted against the individual.