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minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down4·edit-22 years agoYou can’t buy people anymore but you can buy most of their their awake hours. It’s called a job. People sell those hours because they have to. It’s called a salary.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up74arrow-down7·2 years agoYou misspelled “wage slavery”
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoNo no, they work for each other in exchange for money, which they use to buy goods…
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years agoDepends on if you can’t live comfortably or not still. The official poverty rate in the USA was 11.4% in 2020 with 37.2 million people under the poverty line. I’d wager many of them might not hold a job due to having young children as well. https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2021/11/slave-wages-what-are-slave-wages Out of the homes, 38 could be considered low income, 44 middle income and 18 high income. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/household-income-distribution-wealth-inequality-united-states/ So nearly 1/3 of Americans would be wage slaves by the latter. Even worse for those under the poverty line.
minus-squarejopepa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 years agoWait so could I hire some suckers to do my hours so I could keep my salary and hours?
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 years agothis guy has figured out capitalism
minus-squarejopepa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 years agoKeep it down what if they start organizing?
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI mean, it’s been done… https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/01/16/169528579/outsourced-employee-sends-own-job-to-china-surfs-web
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI think since then it’s happened a few more times. Don’t forget those that have 2-3 full time jobs.
minus-squarejopepa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoUgh! I’ll have to hire kids on drugs to compete with those fat cats pulling down three salaries!
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoMy first thought was of envy too, but then I thought about the details and I got anxious. For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed/comments/s12c8l/i_start_job_5_on_monday_12_mil_a_year_heres_my/
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoWealthy people don’t buy things, they buy time - other people’s time.
minus-squarejopepa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOn behalf of landfills and floating trash islands, they buy plenty of thing things, too.
You can’t buy people anymore but you can buy most of their their awake hours. It’s called a job.
People sell those hours because they have to. It’s called a salary.
You misspelled “wage slavery”
No no, they work for each other in exchange for money, which they use to buy goods…
Depends on if you can’t live comfortably or not still.
The official poverty rate in the USA was 11.4% in 2020 with 37.2 million people under the poverty line. I’d wager many of them might not hold a job due to having young children as well.
https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2021/11/slave-wages-what-are-slave-wages
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/household-income-distribution-wealth-inequality-united-states/
So nearly 1/3 of Americans would be wage slaves by the latter. Even worse for those under the poverty line.
Wait so could I hire some suckers to do my hours so I could keep my salary and hours?
this guy has figured out capitalism
Keep it down what if they start organizing?
I mean, it’s been done… https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/01/16/169528579/outsourced-employee-sends-own-job-to-china-surfs-web
I love this.
Great workaround rec, thanks
I think since then it’s happened a few more times. Don’t forget those that have 2-3 full time jobs.
Ugh! I’ll have to hire kids on drugs to compete with those fat cats pulling down three salaries!
My first thought was of envy too, but then I thought about the details and I got anxious. For example:
https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed/comments/s12c8l/i_start_job_5_on_monday_12_mil_a_year_heres_my/
Wealthy people don’t buy things, they buy time - other people’s time.
On behalf of landfills and floating trash islands, they buy plenty of thing things, too.
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Where can I buy a ticket?