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[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So an even stronger type of coercion. Since in capitalism, you can earn money in any way you like and are able to. Here it is what you are assigned or banishment. It's nice you throw in words like community, but this is a very authoritarian regime at it's core.

[–] sobchak@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You get banished from your employer under capitalism, and don't have a vote on anything the employer does. I don't typically think of truly democratic systems as authoritarian; everyone comes to a consensus to what work everyone is "assigned" to do.

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There are 10s of thousands of employers and you can often be self employed as well. There isn't a one employer that can banish you. But yes, in many cases, employers do have some amount of power over you. However, what you describe already exists. It's called working for the government. How well is the democracy working out for government employees?