Comment on The past 2 weeks really have just been the Democrats doubling down and saying the quiet part out loud.

TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Because in a free market, “taking advantage of” someone else always involves them taking advantage of you too. It’s an exchange economy.

  In a free market, being used means being paid.

  If you really want to understand how conservatives think, you need to remember that we see our economy as a system of consensual trades between adults.

  Being exploited is always paired with exploiting the one exploiting you. That’s why we talk in terms of “jobs”. Trade: a two-way thing.

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  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s some pretty serious mental gymnastics going that completely disregards how employee/employer relationships work in the real world.

    If you really want to understand how conservatives think, you need to remember that we see our economy as a system of consensual trades between adults.

    It’s not really “consensual” if the alternative is homelessness, starvation, and criminalization is it?

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• Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We want them gone too, it’s just harder to go after companies.

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  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So going after the people being exploiters instead is constructive?

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    • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can do both. But as I said, it’s harder to go after them.

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