> At the same time, honoring the fairly recent trend of increasing human productivity that has allowed us to have SIGNIFICANTLY better quality of life than our distant and not so distant ancestors.
According to actual data, increased productivity since 1980 didn't result in increasing salaries [1], and since I work for salary, I don't care about increasing my productivity at work if it doesn't directly result in increased compensation.
Increased productivity doesn't always have to mean working harder, usually the opposite, and anyway why should increased productivity imply increased compensation if everything else in the equation has remained the same?
Why is the salary where it is in the first place? Not like any one is getting paid for the value of their labor. So no salary shouldn’t be reduced. It’s already too low.
According to actual data, increased productivity since 1980 didn't result in increasing salaries [1], and since I work for salary, I don't care about increasing my productivity at work if it doesn't directly result in increased compensation.
[1] https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/