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> I want the freedom to exchange my services for money without having to care about all the bullshit ownership ensues.

Then sell immediately, no one here is proposing forcing ownership onto employees. For nearly all Americans owning something significant that is likely to grow in value distinct from the output of their labor is an exceptional opportunity.

Just like how when children were given the opportunity to leave the mines for good there wasn't a massive popular resurgence to make abusive child labor legal again. Most people wanted kids out of mines and into other opportunities.

Most people want wealth. Most people want better opportunity than coal mines. If you want to sell your ownership you can. If you want to mine coal you can when you reach the age of majority.

Rather than view de-facto employee ownership as a burden it is an opportunity to leave a metaphorical coal mine, if you want. You could choose either way if society made de-facto ownership for labor a thing. Right most of us don't have choice.




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