[nmridul]

Because it teaches you how not to treat your workers.

[jfb]

I think that any comparisons between wage labor and slavery are simply category errors.

[elemenohpee]

Ok, many people think otherwise and have written at length about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery You can't simply label something a category error and call it a day.

[jfb]

"I think". That many people think that there is a fruitful analogy to be drawn between chattel slavery and wage labor has no bearing on whether I think it's a sensible comparison to draw.

[kragen]

Are you saying it's not good to think of your workers as being more like server hardware than like founders?

[JonnyB]

That's exactly what it sounds like