Making a deal to exchange money for labor is not stealing.
If you still think your labor is being stolen, start your own business, where you get to keep all the profits.
If you still think your labor is being stolen, start your own business, where you get to keep all the profits.
> the employer has all the leverage.
You don't need land to start your own business. Besides, if the employer had all the leverage, all the employees in the country would be working at minimum wage.
Affirmative consent can not be given in worker/employer relationships. Which makes the entire contract predatory.
It doesn't work with me, though.
> Affirmative consent can not be given in worker/employer relationships. Which makes the entire contract predatory.
Another rhetorical trick: A is not equal to B, therefore A is not equal to B.
Did you see the part in the history books where capitalism increased work hours and decreased real wages for workers for hundreds of years? Happy to provide sources if you're going to actually read and engage with them, and not going to just dismiss them.
That’s fine. A lot of our culture is based upon force and preserving vestiges of slavery.
This happens subconsciously. It takes a lot of reflection to understand a lot of what we’ve basically accepted as the way to go in the western economic model is beyond unfair and fucked.
> is beyond unfair and fucked.
Oh baloney. The US has the highest standard of living in the world. US poor live better than medieval kings. That's why literally millions of poor people from other countries try desperately to get in to the US.
A note about fairness. Life isn't fair. It cannot be made fair. Everybody's circumstance is different. Some are taller, some shorter, some smarter, some dumber, some healthier, some sickly, it goes on and on. Just look at sports teams. They're all about exaggerating how unfair it is.
But what the US does try to do is:
1. have everyone equal under the law
2. guarantee certain fundamental rights
The rest is up to you to make the most of your opportunities. Note that (1) and (2) are under relentless assault in this country, often in the name of producing equal results.