[SanjayMehta]

Mr Poverty and Ms Hunger

This is not new. The British boast of banning slavery but they will never tell you about their invention of bonded labour. They imported bonded labour to South Africa, Guyana and other parts of their empire.

Now companies can use the Internet to keep the labour remote. Doesn't even require a degree.

[bbg2401]

Curiously, it's the Indians who have taken it upon themselves to master the practice of bonded labour and draw benefit from its ongoing existence.

[simianwords]

Do you not think a person who is literally in poverty and who is actually hungry needs the job?

[sonofhans]

Of course. And since they truly need it, we may as well make it as cheap and abusive as possible, right?

[simianwords]

They should be paid a premium above market rate? Why? Generosity?

[mrguyorama]

"The market says this women is low value. Why should I disagree?"

A take for the ages.

[simianwords]

yeah how else do you want to organise who gets paid what? its nice and virtuous to claim that poor women should get paid more.

but there's simply not that much money to redistribute, unless more companies provide employment and drive labour demand up - exactly what is happening in this article.

so you can gesture all you want about women being poor and deserving more money, but it doesn't mean anything. you can't pay them above market rate, where will the money come from? certainly not taxes - there's simply not enough to go by.

[sonofhans]

Honestly, I love this comment, and I’m going to save it.

You’re so convinced that money is more important than human dignity you use the word “generosity” as invective. It can be hard to remember that this point of view exists, so thank you for the reminder.

[simianwords]

its easy to talk about "human dignity" but its hard to talk about practical concerns on how to get the money for the dignity. please tell me, how do you expect the poor women in villages to get above market rate? unions? then the companies wouldn't even step foot in India and would rather move to Cambodia or Bangladesh or Ghana.

[SanjayMehta]

Where did I say that? I'm explaining to the parent poster.

[leosanchez]

She can quit anytime she wants, let's not compare this to indentured servitude, Sanjay.

This is a consequence of communism and big government of India.

[cute_boi]

I don’t think she can quit anytime soon unless she wants to be homeless. If she has option she wouldn't be doing such kind of job.

[leosanchez]

Generally, Indians live with their parents until their marriage. So I am guessing she won't be homeless.

[SanjayMehta]

Subtle argumentation is not one of your strengths, Leo.