• lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Why would people work for an abusive employer when they don’t particularly need to work at all?

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      1 year ago

      Because most people want more than basic survival? Having food and a roof over your head come very low on the pyramid of needs.

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        1 year ago

        Where does not being abused every day stack up? I’d rather just sit at home than that.

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        The whole premise of the argument is that the workers in question are getting paid shit wages, so they’re barely getting more than basic survival anyway. So I ask again, why would people put up with that when they could be using that time to look for a new job, learn new skills, become self-employed, etc.? How could giving workers the leverage to quit without the fear of becoming homeless possibly result in them having less leverage over employers than they do now?