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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Let me tl;dr that for you: literal fucking peasants would give up a quarter of their crop, and this was seen as barbarous. The wage laborer GIVES UP THE ENTIRETY OF THE PRODUCT OF HIS LABOR. In exchange, he recieves A FRACTION OF ITS VALUE IN WAGE. The relative exploitation here is obscene, and yet people like you, ignorant, think it's some sort of voluntary contract that benefits us all.

Beautiful.

this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
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