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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I don't disagree with that. I just think it's better done within commerce, within businesses, rather than through tax policy, which introduces a costly, slow, and inefficient middle man for no reason.
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You say that the well-to-do are exploiting the less-well-off, and that we should expect business to fix this. Uh, right.
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In really big corps, they are approved by clueless boards all day long.
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Not to intrude on your rant, but the boards of large corporations do not usually approve hiring decisions.
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In small to mid sized corps you see them hired by people with limited familiarity with the jobs as well. All the time. This is why there are so many terrible hires. At the first stage of hiring, HR, which is clueless on almost everything, brings you a pile of acceptable resumes. What the fuck does HR know about vetting talent? HR is comprised almost entirely of people with not talent. It's where dumbest lackeys congeal like bacon grease in the corner of a griddle.
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I work at a small company, and this is nonsense. But you are engaged in performance art of a sort, and as performance art it might work for you.
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I don't want to correct that. I want to correct the asymmetry between what buyers of professional work, who don't know how easy much of it actually is, and sellers, who've no incentive to let them know how easy it is.
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Hey, I thought you told me I was going to have to accept a 30% cut in pay, without future increases. If you don't want to correct my pay, go nuts.
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Think of like adding a few drips of food coloring to a glass of water. Or maybe cancer is a good analogy.
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I was looking for explanation, not analogy, so I guess we are still at Underpants Gnomes.
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If the idea is articulated well, and that's nothing more than well done PR, it metastasizes. Look at how an idea like "fake news" caught fire and is now all over the place.
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If a fish has two wheels, it's a bicycle.
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But that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying introduce the concept and it will lead to people pushing for lower prices for professional services and arguing that management should have lower wages. How does it work from there? I don't know, but I know in a world where everyone is looking to cut costs, it'll get traction.
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OK, you have now introduced the concept into the wild. Let's see whether it takes off.
