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by xedrac 1282 days ago
Why don't you go start a business and become one of these rich employers you speak of? If taking such risks wasn't rewarded accordingly, then I don't think people would be nearly as eager to start a business.
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Respond to "stealing is bad" with "then why don't you become a thief if it's so easy?!?" is very strange.
There can be a lot of risks involved, and a lot of theft.

https://calmatters.org/explainers/when-employers-steal-wages...

Hi I don't have power to downvote, so please accept my comment in place: irrelevant.
I'm talking about a system at scale, not individual actors. You don't know what I'm doing as an individual and it's not relevant to a discussion of material reality as observed. If your solution to this problem at scale is for everyone to become a rich employer in order to avoid wage theft, I don't know what to tell you

Re: risk staked, I will add that for many business owners their greatest risk and fear is simply having to work for a wage themselves.