Work is work. Talking about "unskilled" labor is just a way to pit us against each other instead of looking at the Capitalist who's making a killing off our sweat
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We (knowledge workers, esp in tech) are not the same as retail/service workers earning $8/hr, nor undocumented agriculture workers earning even less while enduring state abuse and having no rights.
Not the same ballpark, not even the same sport. You’re wrong.
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Because I’m refuting the WoRk iS wOrk argument, I could not be clearer.
It’s always the best-paid people in tech making this argument, that “workers and capitalists” are the only two classes, like they’re really in the same boat as retail workers.
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They are salaried workers who do not own the output of their labor. Whether they are knowledge workers or not means little; "I can survive 1 year out of my job rather than 1 month like retail workers" means little. They deserve to be paid a livable wage.
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Literally nobody is disputing that. But “work is work” is a stretch, and acting like tech’s best-paid programmers are in the same boat as retail workers is insane.
Also, how can a $20k earner live a MONTH without income? Savings are not a thing.
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Their work IS work, and they should be paid for it. That's the point. Nobody should be earning poverty wages for any job.
8:25 PM · Jan 18, 2021
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