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I’m not talking about a power imbalance, I’m talking about pay being a function of power equilibrium, of which market forces are one significant (perhaps most significant) component in a market society.

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I think I will leave this conversation. You seem to want to engage in double speak. I have no interest in continuing.

I am sorry that it appears this way; I truly am not meaning to engage in double speak and really am trying to have a good faith dialogue. I’m not sure how you can remove the act of negotiation for labor unless the labor involved is entirely commoditized. And I’m not sure how to express the elements that make up that negotiation except as opposing interests with more or less power (regardless of whether you wish to label this as “coercive” or “manipulative” which seems to come with its own moral baggage that I am not trying to address).

I guess it could appear that I am engaged in double speak if you believe I am the poster that you originally responded to, but I am not.

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