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The contracts of adhesion that perpetuate society disproportionately valuing one form of labor over another do not validate the exploitation of one group of laborer over another.


Not all labor is created equal, nor should it be. It's not equal, it can never be equal.

And there's nothing that can ever be done to change that, no matter how hard a state might try to force 'equal' distribution of unearned money.

Society should value one form of labor different from another, it's good that it always has and always will.

I've worked with plenty of very lazy bums that intentionally, knowingly do 1/3 of their job while other people have to work far harder because of them (or the business would fail and everybody loses). People like that are free riders, society should not be kind to them when they're repeatedly fired from jobs. All labor isn't equal, quite obviously, and treating it as though it is, is unfair to the vast majority.


If there are people working 3x as hard, why aren’t they negotiating for 3x the pay? It would create an incentive for the business to fire the people only doing 1/3 the work, or else cut their pay by 2/3rds in accordance with the value of the labor.

This does not happen because the workers involved don’t have that kind of power. The power imbalance between the two parties is so vast that the laborers have no choice but to accept unfair terms.


Management do have a method to legally fire those only putting in 1/3rd of the necessary effort - Performance Improvement Plans.


The managers have that power, not the workers. That’s the key.




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