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by bko 3265 days ago
People are paid based on their productivity. If the farmer can get $10 of crop per hour, he will pay up to $10 an hour for the worker. If he can't find anyone for that price, he'll let the crops rot because he would be losing money. Sure, he could be letting them rot to make a point but it's costing him money and such ideological decisions are not very savvy business practices. Also a lone farmer making this point is unlikely to have a major impact so I doubt he would be willing to sacrifice money for practically nothing