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Work provides value. If you have no negotiating power then you likely would be unemployed otherwise.

I understand that in Europe it's common for a quarter to a third of jobs are public sector and a large percentage of jobs in the private sector are propped up by government spending, but that's much less common here in the US. Employment isn't usually a subsidy.




> Work provides value. If you have no negotiating power then you likely would be unemployed otherwise.

Tell that to the unskilled workforce that operates all around you, likely both in your professional and personal life.


I've been unskilled labor. I didn't start my engineering career until my 30s.

I always had more negotiating power than I thought I did...except in my three union jobs, where I had zero negotiating power.




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