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If a business or industry claims it just can’t make ends meet without exploiting its workers, then our answer should be the same as when southern plantation owners made the same ‘economic’ argument. (mstdn.ca)
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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Whoa, fascinating, thank you! I never actually thought about the power dynamic...it kind of makes sense especially for what I see at bars sometimes where some douche thinks tipping extra might get him the bartender's phone number or something.