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"Unskilled labour" is a capitalist myth used to justify poverty wages. (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s also a great tool to keep the slightly less poor turned against the not poor. Oh they don’t have skills, so they don’t DESERVE to get off of welfare when working full time hours.

[–] gaifux 0 points 1 year ago

Right, that's sound logic. Why can't we raise the minimum wage to $600/hr? Solves all problems right?