There's only a shortage of workers who will work for starvation wages.
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PunnyName @lemmy.world - 16hr
That's me.
I'm living in a homeless shelter because I don't wanna make my living situation more stressful by having a low paying job.
Read that again.
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supersquirrel @sopuli.xyz - 16hr
Supply and demand is the basic law of economics until reality comes in where powerful people get to decide whatever they want goes and at that point economics is a comforting very dry fairy tell you tell yourself to feel better even though it is fiction.
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Multiplexer @discuss.tchncs.de - 15hr
l was at first somewhat confused when reading the post, but now found out that "labor" may not only mean "work", but also "workforce".
TIL :-)
Early_To_Risa in greentext @sh.itjust.works
Anon wants a job
There's only a shortage of workers who will work for starvation wages.
That's me.
I'm living in a homeless shelter because I don't wanna make my living situation more stressful by having a low paying job.
Read that again.
Supply and demand is the basic law of economics until reality comes in where powerful people get to decide whatever they want goes and at that point economics is a comforting very dry fairy tell you tell yourself to feel better even though it is fiction.
l was at first somewhat confused when reading the post, but now found out that "labor" may not only mean "work", but also "workforce".
TIL :-)
*Slave labor shortage