Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong
by expertentipp on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @05:15AM
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> exploitable cheap labor
> indentured lower class that's barely surviving and has very little ability to lift itself up
Thriving poverty industry and a steady stream of immigrants who have to start from the bottom of the visa/stay permission hierarchy ensures that at any time, there exist a solid share of a society qualifying as such. It's trivial also to embitter these two groups (domestic and incoming) onto each other.
> indentured lower class that's barely surviving and has very little ability to lift itself up
Thriving poverty industry and a steady stream of immigrants who have to start from the bottom of the visa/stay permission hierarchy ensures that at any time, there exist a solid share of a society qualifying as such. It's trivial also to embitter these two groups (domestic and incoming) onto each other.