[hannasanarion]

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner.

The only way to solve the inherent adversity in the employer/employee relationship is to eliminate the employer/employee distinction.

Expecting owners to be fair by default is to be at the whim of their charity. "Friendly work environment" and other anti-union canards are merely an attempt to paper over exploitative behavior with flowery words. Unions are a stopgap at best.

The only business that can reliably be expected to run ethically is one that is owned by the workers.

[crumpets]

>The only way to solve the inherent adversity in the employer/employee relationship is to eliminate the employer/employee distinction.

It has little to do with that. As long as there are managers, there will always been a tension between what the employee wants to do and what the manager is expected to deliver to the rest of the company.

[hannasanarion]

That's like saying that democracy is useless because politicians and public officers write and enforce the rules.

Yeah, authority structures have to exist, but the authorities make different decisions when they're appointed from above vs elected from below.

Democratic ownership and operation of the state has been the global norm for almost a century. It's not that radical to apply the same principle to business. What is business but government in microcosm? Why should we be content to spend 40 hours a week larping feudalism?