{"@context":["https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams",{"Hashtag":"as:Hashtag","sensitive":"as:sensitive"}],"id":"https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/wage-labour-is-not-voluntary\/","type":"Note","attachment":[],"attributedTo":"https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/@info","content":"\u003Cp\u003ELet\u0026#8217;s look at another issue that for meany people is hidden by \u0026#8220;common sense\u0026#8221; in our daily \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/deathcult\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/deathcult\/\u0022\u003E#deathcult\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E worship. That wage labour is not voluntary and limits freedom, workers are forced to sell their labour due to lack of alternatives for basic survival. The ability to choose between employers does not equate to freedom in this sense, it limits freedom because workers have no meaningful alternative. Capitalist wage labour alienates workers from their labour, the products of their labour, their human nature, and other workers, This \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/alienation\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/alienation\/\u0022\u003E#alienation\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E leads to a loss of freedom and self-realization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;Wages are determined through the antagonistic struggle between capitalist and worker. Victory goes necessarily to the \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalist\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalist\/\u0022\u003E#capitalist\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The capitalist can live longer without the worker than can the worker without the capitalist. Combination among the capitalists is customary and effective; workers\u2019 combination is prohibited and painful in its consequences for them. Besides, the landowner and the capitalist can make use of industrial advantages to augment their revenues; the worker has neither rent nor interest on capital to supplement his industrial income. Hence, the intensity of the competition among the workers.\u0026#8221; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1844\/manuscripts\/wages.htm\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1844\/manuscripts\/wages.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe capitalist and \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/socialist\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/socialist\/\u0022\u003E#socialist\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E perspectives offer different ideas of freedom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndividual liberty: \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalism\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalism\/\u0022\u003E#Capitalism\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E emphasizes individual freedom to make economic choices without government interference. The ability to own private property, engage in \u0026#8220;voluntary\u0026#8221; exchanges, and pursue profit in a free market economy. Consumers have the freedom to choose from a variety of goods and services produced by competing businesses. Freedom is defined as the absence of coercion or constraints imposed by others, especially the government.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollective freedom: Socialism focuses on collective liberation from economic exploitation and the constraints of capitalism. Freedom can not be achieved without basic needs (food, housing, healthcare, education) guaranteed for all. Freedom as the ability to realize one\u0026#8217;s potential, which requires access to collective decision-making over economic resources and production. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECapitalist freedom is tied to market mechanisms, socialist freedom involves democratic planning of the economy. Formal vs. real freedom distinguishes between formal (legal) freedom and real (material) freedom, capitalism only provides the former. Capitalism focuses on economic and political freedoms, while socialism expands the concept to include social and economic issues. The elimination of economic constraints on human potential, this is the humanistic path we need to take.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn this path, we need to view justice and freedom as intertwined concepts. True freedom is defined to incorporate justice, equality, solidarity, and universal access to substantive (not just formal) freedoms. 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That wage labour is not voluntary and limits freedom, workers are forced to sell their labour due to lack of alternatives for basic survival. The ability to choose between employers does not equate to freedom in this sense, it limits freedom because workers have no meaningful alternative. Capitalist wage labour alienates workers from their labour, the products of their labour, their human nature, and other workers, This \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/alienation\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/alienation\/\u0022\u003E#alienation\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E leads to a loss of freedom and self-realization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;Wages are determined through the antagonistic struggle between capitalist and worker. Victory goes necessarily to the \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalist\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalist\/\u0022\u003E#capitalist\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The capitalist can live longer without the worker than can the worker without the capitalist. Combination among the capitalists is customary and effective; workers\u2019 combination is prohibited and painful in its consequences for them. Besides, the landowner and the capitalist can make use of industrial advantages to augment their revenues; the worker has neither rent nor interest on capital to supplement his industrial income. Hence, the intensity of the competition among the workers.\u0026#8221; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1844\/manuscripts\/wages.htm\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1844\/manuscripts\/wages.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe capitalist and \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/socialist\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/socialist\/\u0022\u003E#socialist\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E perspectives offer different ideas of freedom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndividual liberty: \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalism\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalism\/\u0022\u003E#Capitalism\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E emphasizes individual freedom to make economic choices without government interference. The ability to own private property, engage in \u0026#8220;voluntary\u0026#8221; exchanges, and pursue profit in a free market economy. Consumers have the freedom to choose from a variety of goods and services produced by competing businesses. Freedom is defined as the absence of coercion or constraints imposed by others, especially the government.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollective freedom: Socialism focuses on collective liberation from economic exploitation and the constraints of capitalism. Freedom can not be achieved without basic needs (food, housing, healthcare, education) guaranteed for all. Freedom as the ability to realize one\u0026#8217;s potential, which requires access to collective decision-making over economic resources and production. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECapitalist freedom is tied to market mechanisms, socialist freedom involves democratic planning of the economy. Formal vs. real freedom distinguishes between formal (legal) freedom and real (material) freedom, capitalism only provides the former. Capitalism focuses on economic and political freedoms, while socialism expands the concept to include social and economic issues. The elimination of economic constraints on human potential, this is the humanistic path we need to take.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn this path, we need to view justice and freedom as intertwined concepts. True freedom is defined to incorporate justice, equality, solidarity, and universal access to substantive (not just formal) freedoms. 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