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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The thing is, businesses have a vested interest against wage growth, as wage growth is directly and totally incompatible with annual record profits - wage growth would eat into that.

Put simply, it's a conflict of interest. If people with conflicts of interest ceased to be allowed to participate in conversations wherein they have that conflict, the world would be a better place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

But commerce requires people to be able to purchase things. This is not possible if the people don’t have any free income.