Quote from: merockstar on September 26, 2014, 11:56:26 AM

Quote from: teukon on September 26, 2014, 09:48:13 AM

Quote from: merockstar on September 26, 2014, 03:04:19 AM

Quote from: teukon on September 25, 2014, 07:48:57 AM

Quote from: manselr on September 24, 2014, 09:57:45 PM

Quote from: teukon on September 24, 2014, 07:27:18 PM

A slave is a person which is simultaneously property. To all those that believe having a "shitty job" is slavery, may I ask you to identify the corresponding master/owner?

Its usually someone running a business, the usual suspect. If you are a wageslave you are fucked... not much margin of action. If you are not part of the initial distribution of the pie and your family didnt got a nice slice of the pie, then you'll need something special. Most people aren't and its difficult to break the wageslave loophole.

Hmm... What happens if a "wageslave" is fired? Are they then free?

This is discipline for disobeying.

Now they have to suffer, probably lose their apartment, rely on other people which stresses relationships, experience self-esteem loss from being temporarily (or permanently, in some lines of work) unable to provide for one's self, possibly go hungry/be subjected to a demeaning food-stamp program (not every city has soup kitchens, or well stocked food pantries, and not everybody lives in a city), all while having to go around filling out job applications and present their best self for job interview after job interview, selling yourself to a new master.

So, a master can punish a slave by setting them free. The free person will then want to find any new master that will have them.

Not sure the "slave" analogy is the right one to be honest.

Setting them free would be promoting them to a liveable wage.

Which would permit them to save up some cash, which in turn makes it possible for them to advance their education, move to a different country if they choose, or just save up enough to live on for a while and leave.

But that's not profitable. Master would have to "train" somebody new.

If your employees feel like slaves there's nothing you can do to change that except pay more and improve the working environment/hours. Also they won't tell you if that's the case, they want you to free them.

If you're a small business owner odds are you pay your people well though, unless your just starting and struggling to become profitable, in which case you're out there pulling your weight with them.

I can think of one decent paying position that doesn't require a bachelors. Mailman. But competition is fierce for a job with the USPS.

Haha, I actually just applied to be a mailman.. Grin