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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.