Everything's sound in the company town. Next thing you know it'll be really convenient to introduce a system, similar to colleges where you have FBucks on your company ID. You need never venture outside, in fact you can fill your fbucks straight from your paycheck!
Eventually, you forget how much the conversation rate between fbucks and usd is, but dismiss any wierdness as a convenience fee, you're well paid right?
Next thing you know, you can't leave because there's no reasonable housing elsewhere in the city. And so on.
Edit: Even if it doesn't become even more dystopic for the worker, who now lives every moment inside the company and is alienated from their fellow humans, including increasingly the ability to think dissent thoughts (no where is safe even home) the company has succeeded in capturing back most of the money they paid to their workforce. It puts the lie to the notion that the presence of profits filters out to the rest of the city and increases inequality.
Eventually, you forget how much the conversation rate between fbucks and usd is, but dismiss any wierdness as a convenience fee, you're well paid right?
Next thing you know, you can't leave because there's no reasonable housing elsewhere in the city. And so on.
Edit: Even if it doesn't become even more dystopic for the worker, who now lives every moment inside the company and is alienated from their fellow humans, including increasingly the ability to think dissent thoughts (no where is safe even home) the company has succeeded in capturing back most of the money they paid to their workforce. It puts the lie to the notion that the presence of profits filters out to the rest of the city and increases inequality.