Since the 1970s we've been seeing a meteoric rise in insecure low paid / zero hour contract jobs because it increases corporate profits.
So why not take it a step further and just not pay your employees anything? Its worked for a good part of 5000 years of human history before the industrial revolution, hasn't it?
It's inefficient
Its dehumanizing, both for the slaves and for the slave masters.
I mean shit, nigga... do you even know how many people are willing to work for free just to get experience? Companies are building their entire business models to take advantage of this cheap and voluntary indentured servitude. A full time job with pension is a luxury of the past now, exclusive only to boomers who were lucky to have them.
Working for room and board in exchange for being harder to fire actually seems like a reasonable compromise these days...
I'd happily go work on a farm if they gave me a cuckshed with an internet connection and good food.
>"its dehumanizing"
it was perfectly normal to have slaves (even as young as 10 yo) for a good part of 5000 years of human history before the industrial revolution.
Human rights are a relatively modern concept.
Because then they can't buy anything.
Only the lower classes would be enslaved. The middle and upper classes would be the primary generators of growth and consumption.
Tbh I'd just kill you by slowly poisoning you with hemlock or killing your family/subtly destroying your property.
You'd have to sleep sometime
We'll be there soon. Universal basic income + free labour.