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by tiglionabbit 2335 days ago
Then we should all start our own business, right?
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That's the dream, isn't it? Like a network of microservices. And we must realize that a few hundred years ago that was the default (well, if you were not a slave of some description).
A few hundred years ago, indentured servitude and slavery were the norm.
Yeah true. So I guess we just have replaced slaves with employees?
As in the people doing work? Yes. And it is a fairer system.
You can go back if you like but I think being an employee suits me better ...
Other than the relation that both are norms, how did you come to the conclusion that they are the same things?
I never said they were the same things. One thing replaced the other. I can replace my daily fruit from apples to oranges. They both serve the same purpose (filling my tum tum), doesn't mean they are the same.
I think Adam Smith and other economists would say that if everyone was an independent businessperson with full autonomy then we’d have less exploitation and more equality. But people are willing to trade essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety (and a whole array of consumer goods they don’t need and pay high rent for status), to quote a certain modern philosopher.
Alternatively, we could start more worker coops.
Everybody should have enough money not to have to work and live off the interest.
If everybody has enough money, who pays that interest and why?
I was trying to convey that the same question applies to the hypothetical situation where everybody owns a business.