It is in fact possible to have well paid agricultural labour. My own family has done it. It’s still hard labour, but it doesn’t have to be low paid.
But at the risk of sounding like a neoliberal, I don’t think it is wrong that middle class Americans, who are rich by Latin-American standards, have the opportunity to get their kids an education so that they can become UX designers, lawyers and doctors.
The same happened in my family, and we don’t have anyone doing farm labour in my generation.
And I therefore also don’t think it is morally wrong that poor Latin-Americans try and earn better wages so that they, too, can provide their kids the same opportunities.
Just stop the exploitation. Give them an honest wage and let them enjoy the fruits of their labour.
We’re arguing the same thing I think. Hard work should be compensated with appropriate wages and living conditions, manual labourer or office worker or whoever. Ideally nobody should work, but until we build that work this is the one we’ve got. Labour is always morally “wrong” under capitalism because it is definitionally exploitative.
Well yes, I 100% agree.
It is in fact possible to have well paid agricultural labour. My own family has done it. It’s still hard labour, but it doesn’t have to be low paid.
But at the risk of sounding like a neoliberal, I don’t think it is wrong that middle class Americans, who are rich by Latin-American standards, have the opportunity to get their kids an education so that they can become UX designers, lawyers and doctors.
The same happened in my family, and we don’t have anyone doing farm labour in my generation.
And I therefore also don’t think it is morally wrong that poor Latin-Americans try and earn better wages so that they, too, can provide their kids the same opportunities.
Just stop the exploitation. Give them an honest wage and let them enjoy the fruits of their labour.
We’re arguing the same thing I think. Hard work should be compensated with appropriate wages and living conditions, manual labourer or office worker or whoever. Ideally nobody should work, but until we build that work this is the one we’ve got. Labour is always morally “wrong” under capitalism because it is definitionally exploitative.