Comments by "Wandering Existence" (@WanderingExistence) on "The Rise of CEOs... That Don't Show Up To Work." video.

  1. Management needs to be elected and accountable to a democratic electorate of the workers underneath them. We have democratic governments because we know the disparity of power and wealth that will accumulate when given the chance. We need a system of checks and balances on management by making workers a majority owners stake in the companies that they work for.
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  2. @jazzxgray  What about expanding self-determination and freedom is funny to you? I love comedy, but I don't see how any of this is a joke.
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  3.  @perenoel657  Their business? Yes, just like the Civil War deprived people of "their property". While Capitalism is better, it is still based on the objectification and commodification of human beings by renting them by the hour, or on a yearly basis.
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  4.  @perenoel657  Do you think freedom is renting people? Can't imagine what you thought about southern freedom pre-1865, lol. Wage labor is renting yourself via "self ownership". Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other.
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