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by coldtea 2921 days ago
>"Stop liking what I don't like," in twenty inches?

No, stop making the workforce into indentured slaves, in regular print.

If it was just for those that "like it" it would be fine (and not under discussion -- people could work like that in 1985 too, if they were so inclined).

The troublesome part is the whole culture that grows around this, and infects work relations and expectations even from unwilling people.

(It's the same notion as undercutting).

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The people affected by these types of housing situations (except those in China) are generally wealthy, even by first world standards. Referring them as indentured slaves (not a thing, by the way -- there are indentured servants, and slaves) is unreasonable.
>not a thing, by the way -- there are indentured servants, and slaves

I was making a point, akin to "wage slave".

Just because you entered a contract doesn't mean you weren't coerced into it (the inverse is the perennial argument of those OK with no minimal wage and sweatshop labor).