I don't think you understand that it literally isn't that simple or clear cut. I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt but that response...
It isn't an option for most people, and saying "just start a business" on a post about minimum wage and worker exploitation is... A bit yikes.
"there are other options"??
Start a single person work from home business with what??
Even if you've got skills it takes money and time and people wanting what you're doing.
And sure you'd rather live in your car, but a hell of a lot of people can't even do that.
Please do some reading and support workers, don't just jump in with that "advice"
These are good points. I do support raising the minimum wage, and I do understand that starting a business isnāt for everyone. But I didnāt think it was for me, either, until I explored it. ļæ¼ļæ¼
Unfortunately, politics in this country tend to be binary. Right now there is legislation pending in Congress that would make about 95% of freelancing illegal. My clients would have to make me their employee. This legislation (called the PROACT) is being backed by unions, who have a great reputation of giving us the weekend and other cool thingsļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼, but who in recent decades havenāt done a damn thing for workers. If you disagree, I challenge you to find one ļæ¼pro-worker thing unions have accomplished in the past 30 yearsļæ¼.
Iām genuinely curious, why do you think the Amazon workers in Bessemer voted down the idea of joining a union by a 2 to 1 margin? Do you think theyāre all stupid? Because I have definitely seen that suggested and I donāt think they are. ļæ¼ I think that even if they are unhappy with their jobs at Amazon, they looked at the potential costs and benefits of joining a union and decided it wasnāt worth it. ļæ¼ļæ¼
Iām mad as hell that moderate Democrats have shot down raising the minimum wage, but Iām glad that at least they are holding off this awful legislation. I donāt think it should have to be either/or: either the world is good for employees or it is good for small businesses.
But jobs are always going to be crap in one way or another. You are working to make someone else rich. Thatās kind of the definition of having a job. Iām in favor of abolishing capitalism completely, for the record, but what I donāt want is for running a business to only be an option for wealthy people. I know people who run small businesses who canāt work regular jobs because they are disabled, or because they havenāt been able to get hired at regular jobs because of their race or their age or their circumstances. I want people to know that their only option is not a lifetime of drudgery making someone else rich.
So in conclusion, although Iām pretty sure I kept my commentary to the tags, I understand that what I was saying wasnāt addressing the driving point of that post.
TLDR: Yes I support workers. But jobs arenāt the only ways to support oneself.
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