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  • CodexArcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.comto196@lemmy.worldNew Rules
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    16 days ago

    Moreover, employers used to incentivise employees to work by providing free food and sometimes free lodging. [In exchange for labor]

    Yes, the historical name for providing free food and shelter in exchange for a person’s coerced labor is slavery, though sometimes the ruling class dresses it up in laws and calls it serfdom or indentured servitude.




  • Oh so like the music industry where every artist retains full rights to their work and the only 3 big publishers definitely don’t force them to sell all their rights leaving musicians with basically nothing but touring revenue? Protecting the little guy like that you mean?

    Or maybe protecting the little guy like how 5 tech companies own all the key patents required for networking, 3d graphics, and digital audio? And how those same companies control social media so if you are any kind of artist you are forced to hustle nonstop on their platforms for any hope if reaching an audience with your work? I’m sure all those YouTube creators feel very protected.