What if you think all of the available offers are unfair but you don’t have the ...

CityOfThrowaway · 2026-06-14T20:12:39 1781467959

Then the offers are fair and your assessment of your labor value is disproven by the market rate.

paulhebert · 2026-06-14T21:28:47 1781472527

That’s one definition of fairness (market rate.)

There are many other definitions of fairness as well.

This comes back to the thread we’re discussing. What a fair wage means is a philosophical and moral question. Not just a math problem.

If someone inherits a business and earns higher wages than their workers is that fair? What did they do to earn that?

Grombobulous · 2026-06-15T12:12:06 1781525526

If the market rate is so fair why does the minimum wage and child labor laws exist?

Hey, that 8 year old was willing to work in the asbestos factory, that’s just fair market value!