cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/58413259

Full title: Companies are now using your credit history, past-due accounts, browsing data, and social media accounts to figure out the absolute lowest salary you’ll accept. Algorithmic wage suppression is being weaponized against workers to destroy wages.

    • bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      20 hours ago

      this definitely is not the free market, the powers that thrives in capitalism specifically thrives by keeping it unfair favoring them.

      • ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
        4·
        19 hours ago

        how would be quantifying how little can they pay to wage slaves not in favour of them? and also, no, capitalism doesn’t do things that favour the bourgeoisie. capitalism’s only goal is to expand capital, that can or cannot be beneficial to the bourgeoisie.