Comment on The Productivity Paradox: Why Technology Makes the Economy More Efficient But Most People No Richer

• pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think I deserve more, but I accept less anyway, due to the ever present threat of unrecoverable retribution against myself and my family if I negotiate too hard

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  • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Everyone has excuses for why they are not successful…

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    • odelik@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m glad to hear that you don’t have a family, a pet, or other unit that you need to support other than yourself, and do not have an illness that requires medical insurance in a country that requirrs it for care, that a capitalist cannot exploit.

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      • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I simply get “raises” by switching companies to the highest bidder

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    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m actually quite successful, but it was pure luck. My professional rivals keep disappearing under mysterious circumstances. (This is obvious satire.)

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