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Re:Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage by jerf on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @02:17PM (#596389)
"Surely you admit the possibility of the existence of both types of relationships?"

Yes, congratulations on finding my point.

By definition, if you are a net wealth suck because you are being exploitative, then you are not a wealth producer. You're trying to have it both ways to make a bad point. Being a net wealth increaser can't "justify" being a net wealth sink because you can't be both at once. This smells like weak thinking.

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Re:Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage by dusklight on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @04:40PM (#596680)
I am saying it is possible to be exploitative even if you are a net increaser of wealth. I am saying that while it is a good thing to generate wealth, the good of generating wealth does not justify exploitation of labor, especially when the wealth that is generated does not go to the people who created that wealth.
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