KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 20:29:48 JST
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@Lady_Penelope @RadicalCartoons @Ziltoidia @macha I remember an acquaintance of mine telling me that Brexit was terrible because we would have nobody to pick fruit because only poor Europeans were prepared to do it for a pittance. I was shocked that she regarded Europe as nothing more than a source of slave labour.
If wages reflected the labour involved, maybe there would be more interest. Capitalism needs boundaries, particularly around fair wages, to prevent the mess we're currently in which encourages the trafficking of poor people who's low or non-existent wages cannot be beaten in a free market.