Make it make sense
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Supply and demand. There are many workers and relatively few employers, so it's much easier to find a cheaper worker than a more generous employer.
The broad discussion is based not on a misunderstanding of labor organized as a salable commodity, but as a challenge against such organization.
People need to learn to leverage this. Increase your skillset and be scarce. And better hurry to reskill before they substitute all the low skill jobs with automation