• crapwittyname@feddit.uk
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    For outsourcing, it’s the contracts that are the resource. These dictate how much labour will be transferred.
    For software houses, it’s the information that’s the resource. It is usually proprietary IP and loaned to a third party.
    In finance, capital itself is the resource, which is manipulated by workers to generate profit for the owner of the capital.

    In all of these cases the capitalist owns the resources in question. The workers need to provide labour so that these resources can be activated, but they get little to no say in how much they get paid. Does that answer your question?