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Why would people work for an abusive employer when they don't particularly need to work at all?
Because most people want more than basic survival? Having food and a roof over your head come very low on the pyramid of needs.
Where does not being abused every day stack up? I'd rather just sit at home than that.
The whole premise of the argument is that the workers in question are getting paid shit wages, so they're barely getting more than basic survival anyway. So I ask again, why would people put up with that when they could be using that time to look for a new job, learn new skills, become self-employed, etc.? How could giving workers the leverage to quit without the fear of becoming homeless possibly result in them having less leverage over employers than they do now?