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by cbsmith 1468 days ago
> Being unemployed is not better than making a low wage.

You're presuming it's a binary choice; consider the systemic effect might not make it a binary choice.

Let's accept that it is a binary choice, then no, it's not necessarily better to be making a low wage, because that presumes a value for your time that is effectively zero. In truth, with your own time, you can find ways to feed yourself, provide yourself with shelter, etc., and when you are working you can't do that stuff. Let's assume though that one wouldn't take a wage that was a net direct loss like this, there's still the possibility that a low wage might be tactically beneficial, but strategically & systemically quite harmful.
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surement 1468 days ago
> with your own time, you can find ways to feed yourself, provide yourself with shelter, etc.

You still have the option to quit your job if you're employed and don't find it worth your while.

> strategically & systemically quite harmful

How?

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cbsmith 1463 days ago
> > with your own time, you can find ways to feed yourself, provide yourself with shelter, etc. ? You still have the option to quit your job if you're employed and don't find it worth your while.

Yes.

> > strategically & systemically quite harmful > How?

If that's more than rhetorical, I suggest you do some reading.

If it is rhetorical, I'll just assume you think everything would work great if we had a minimum prevailing wage of one penny for a lifetime's worth of labour. You know, because less than that would be slavery.

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surement 1458 days ago
> If that's more than rhetorical, I suggest you do some reading.

just some generic advice to read a book? yeah me not so learnded me go read keynes so me agree with you

> If it is rhetorical, I'll just assume you think everything would work great if we had a minimum prevailing wage of one penny for a lifetime's worth of labour. You know, because less than that would be slavery.

Imagine thinking that slavery is about not being paid rather than not having a choice of who to work for. Slaves receive food and housing, technically a salary. The problem is of not being free to leave and work elsewhere. Anyone making a penny for a lifetime can just go work elsewhere if they don't like it.

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