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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 10 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Why not cut this slippery slope crap and just go straight to slavery?

[–] Samdell@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

they stopped themselves from being literally The Onion just in time

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I find it hard to believe he'd just table the idea at that point.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

After the employees realise it's just slaves

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Slaves are more expensive since you have to treat them as capital.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

Nah, you generally can depreciate capitalized assets /s

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 21 hours ago

Only if they're regulated. Or if salaried workers have any rights, since you could otherwise just conspire with other companies to push salaries down, ensuring ~~"free" slaves~~ collaborating individual entrepreneurs are cheaper