[bradlys]

Jesus Christ. That’s not how it works!

Capitalism is explicitly not about that. Holy shit this is insane that you think that’s how capitalism works on a website that’s literally about venture capital. What the fuck.

[paulcole]

X and Y exist right? Why can’t you divide them to make a proportion?

[banannaise]

Among other reasons, because the employer holds all of that information and I'm not given access to it. It's an asymmetric information problem.

[paulcole]

But you can for sure tell me the proportion that you think is fair right? Should it be 25%, 50%, 99%?

[fwip]

You're not arguing in good faith, dude.

[try_the_bass]

I dunno, he's asking a really basic question that should be trivial to answer. When I see a basic, level-setting question like this go unanswered, it starts to seem like the side refusing to answer is the one acting in bad faith, not the side asking the question

[banannaise]

The answer is 100%. This brings us to the start point of the real conversation this person is trying to have, which likely centers on the nature of employment, the importance of Job Creators, and/or the infallibility of markets.

[paulcole]

How so?

The whole discussion stems from someone saying that they should be paid relative (in proportion to) their value.

All I want to know is what proportion (i.e. a percentage between 0 and 100) someone would deem fair. Why is that so hard to provide?