Anti-Capitalist Sentiment (with some morality)

[OngBonga]

Something cool to note: a smart wage earner gets more out of the company he works for than the company gets out of him.

This obviously isn't true. If an employee gets more out of the business than vice versa, then the business is destined to fail. Or, at the very least, a company can only afford to employ a small amount of "smart wager earners", as you put it. In the vast majority of cases, the labour is worth more than the wage; it must be for the company to thrive.

[wufwugy]

This obviously isn't true. If an employee gets more out of the business than vice versa, then the business is destined to fail. Or, at the very least, a company can only afford to employ a small amount of "smart wager earners", as you put it. In the vast majority of cases, the labour is worth more than the wage; it must be for the company to thrive.

A smart wage earner moves diagonally.

If we're talking in aggregate, then you're right, or if we're assuming that the hypothetical employee stays at the same company, then you're right.

I was making the point that if you are an employee who actually wants to succeed, you have the tools to provide more value for yourself than for any one of your employers.* I made this point because it's common to think in terms of business owners having a lot of power and wage earners not having a lot of power. This is not true, but I think the reason it's a popular sentiment is that those lower down typically do not employ their power nearly as diligently as higher ups. This makes sense since for obvious reasons those who employ their power more travel up the totem pole as is.

*However, doing so will also provide that value to the economy.