(Don’t take this map too seriously, I found it on another social media, not an academic paper).

  • Pilferjinx@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    There’s a difference between workers and work. I don’t own the work I produce for my boss.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      3 days ago

      No, but that work should be generating profit, and almost every employee should share in a higher percentage of those profits. Those at the top just make sure the profit increases, they don’t actually earn it, yet they get the far higher share. It’s the workers who actually create the profit, and they should be compensated with a much higher percentage of those profits.

      Of course, that means lower profits for the company, but if employees are getting fairly compensated, then they will have more buying power, and corporations will make up the difference in lower profit margins with increased sales volume from workers with expendable income.