Re:An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion
by lovecg on Saturday October 23, 2021 @02:47PM
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It’s completely fair and it’s also not quite what people who critique capitalism are talking about. Imagine you’re hiring a company that has electricians on payroll, then by definition the electrician you hired will get less than the labor he performed, and the company will pocket the difference as profit - or it won’t stay in business long. Electricians have the option of going alone, many other industries not so much.
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Re:An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion
by falcor84 on Saturday October 23, 2021 @03:26PM
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Another profession where freelance is a common option is coding. So if going alone should always better, is the implication that all the employed electricians and coders are irrational or want to be exploited?
Re:An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion
by lovecg on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:19PM
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There are clearly advantages when working for someone else. Is the negotiation between the employee and the employer always fair when an industry has a few established incumbents? That depends and there’s a large spectrum of possibilities.