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And here's the problem I have with that: not all labor is exploitative. No matter what economy we have, there would still be laborers printing the book, binding it, cutting down the trees and making the paper, etc.
Even if they're not making an even split of company profits, some worker somewhere is happy with what they're getting.
And regardless of economy, some worker will be unhappy working somewhere, feel they're not getting their fair share, etc.
That doesn't change simply because we switch from capitalism to some other system.
The only fair way for that book to be made from the implications given is if all of the labor is automated, but at the end of the day a human being would have to do some work somewhere no matter how many levels of automation redundancy you have, so how is he not implying being expected to do anything is the problem, and using the blatant shitty behavior of the rich as a smokescreen for that?
We could live in a Jetsonian paradise where all he'd have to do is push a few buttons once a day and he'd still complain.
I have done things that are hard work for less compensation than it deserves and been happy to give it freely (ie charity, volunteering), but that doesn't mean we can't examine the power structure, even if the plurality of people are happy inside it.
I know. That's what I'm doing, critically examining these claims people keep making. I really don't have a stake in the game either way.