[anoncake]

> First: that's awful because it means business don't have any flexibility to change. you're forced to work with people who don't work, because they can't get fired. The lower productivity of those workers becomes a drag on everyone else.

There are reasons why an employer may fire a worker. "Refuses to work" is one.

> Second: this is the worst. Instead of shedding the dead weight it insists on protecting the people who've been paying dues the longest, at the expense of young people.

Maybe if people did not understand "dead weight" when they read "older people" employers could be trusted to decide who to keep and who to fire.

> A just society is one where people doing more work get more pay.

That cannot be the only or even the main criterion else people who can't work starve.