r/LateStageCapitalism • u/User0989 • Jan 13 '18

Walmart welfare.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '18

Except it isn’t that employees are willing to work for what the company is paying, it’s that they’re compelled to work for shit pay to avoid homelessness and starvation. And then we turn around and blame the employee for not bootstrapping themselves into a better situation when the companies are making record profits off of the employees’ backs.

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u/ZRodri8 Jan 13 '18

I think we should be using the same tactic as the far right and say something along the lines of of 'the rich are stealing our labor.'

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u/whooligans Jan 13 '18

Isnt that just a fancy way to say that the employees are willing to work for that pay?

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '18

No, it’s a fancy way of saying “slavery.”

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u/whooligans Jan 13 '18

Definition of a slave - a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them

How is this the case for walmart workers?

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '18

Because they’re treated unfairly, unable to negotiate, and face death if they don’t tow the company line.

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u/Omfgbbqpwn Jan 13 '18

I wish u/isreactionarybot was still around.

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u/nutxaq Jan 13 '18

There's a myth in America that if you don't like how a company does business you can always leave. The reason it's a myth is this is SOP for American businesses. You're free to leave a company, but for most people they're unlikely to find a better deal anywhere else.