Freelancing sites really bring out the best in people. "Please write my thinly-veiled uni assignment for 15 dollars. Include sources."
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"I need someone, preferably with lots of experience, to edit my 1500 word articles. I will pay you 5 dollars pr. article. What is dignity?"
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I would be tempted to assume that these people are just clueless, not exploitative, but I have my doubts...
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It's funny to me when the gig economy etc. is presented as some kind of great social advancement from tech.
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Because all I see in it is tech-enabled subversion of systems put in place to protect workers, and the return of older forms of exploitation
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This is perhaps unfair. There's maybe something good about being able to find work in your own field from anywhere worldwide.
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But our society is nowhere near the level of functioning where mass exploitation and further wealth concentration won't follow naturally.
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I think the minimum wage is a terrible system ("we will pay you at least this many pennies") which does fuckall for ordinary people...
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... but at least they will over you X pennies pr. hour. Gig economy is pay pr. project, oft at 20% minimum wage if you do the job properly.
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How many $ do you think I'd have to offer on fiverrrrr for an essay on the exploitative nature of the gig economy?