People seem to think that chattel slavery is the only thing that counts as slavery, and that even that doesn’t count if a slaver is less horrible to their slaves than other slavers are.
It’s called wage slavery and you can use that information to educate, if any will listen.
solivine@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Nah, most will just say get a better job, you’re not working hard enough etc. Lots of people I speak to tend to frame it as a worker problem rather than a problem with the system. It’s also why lots of people seem to be anti strikes…
Maeve@kbin.social 9 months ago
Well I did use a qualifier. I know. I was in McDonald’s one day getting a soda and they took forever. A young woman was griping that “it’s those kids! No one wants to work anymore!” I told her for those wages and what was expected, i don’t blame them. I got an angry glare.
Malfeasant@lemm.ee 9 months ago
“but they’re paying $15 an hour, isn’t that what you people* wanted?”
Uh, it was, but that was 10 years ago…
*not the racist “you people”, just the run of the mill ignorant one.
Maeve@kbin.social 9 months ago
I giggled and took no offense.