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* wages increase with productivity

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago

Workers unaware of class struggle

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Absolute legend

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Let’s go with wage theft and federal minimum wage stagnation

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

the obstruction of class consciousness

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Imperialism and US Hegemony.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

*Steve, the janitor at the New York Stock Exchange

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

"Unskilled labor" whom they don't want to pay shit to.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Socialized costs, privatized profits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

a couple more Luigis

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Consent of the oppressed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Financial slavery

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Dividing the people through wedge issues.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Class collaborationists and reformists.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Participants have perfect product and market knowledge.

No, they don't. They have no idea what the actual costs of the product is, nor are they aware that it'll break in two weeks ... or two days.

EDIT: a typo.

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil 1 points 2 weeks ago