We could break the system if we wanted to. Were software engineers to unionize alongside the contracted employees, it would provide a front that would make it basically impossible to operate startups without dealing more fairly. You can't run a business that has a building without someone collecting the trash, sweeping the floors, and keeping the whole thing from falling down. Worst-case scenario, fouhders decide to try and operate with-from-home employee teams to decrease contractors needed, and then the engineers win anyway.

... It won't happen because we don't want it to. But it could.