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This completely negates the fact that due to how the labor market is structured, most people who sell their labour to survive are in a disadvantageous position for the negotiation you are talking about. What you are talking about works well in a basic economics text book but does not translate to the real world.
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The cleaning lady at SpaceX doesn't do a better job than that at Walmart. So why should she be paid more?

You think she's doing the heavy lifting there? Creating the billions? While the underperformer at VideoBuster / Radio Shack is responsible for tanking the business? That's just not true.

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Finally, the case for exploitation! So brave to say people who do physical labor deserve less.
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I didn't say that. You misunderstood me. Read again.
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> slavery is illegal, so people work for others on a consensual basis

Well there you have it folks case closed.

Slavery is illegal therefore there is no slavery. Geniuses at work indeed

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PG thinks racism was solved in the 60s
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