June 01, 2010
They're Being Exploited Because We Say They Are

So, lemme get this straight, some kids in Korea are getting paid to do absolutely nothing but game all day long, and they're the ones being exploited. Ok, lissen up, Sparky. A person with a constrained set of choices is not the same thing as a person being controlled by outside forces. People who enter voluntary associations are not enslaved. Forcing employers to pay wages at a higher level than what they feel is profitable does not result in social justice, it results in layoffs and closed businesses.

In other words, were I twenty years younger and single, getting paid any sort of money just for playing video games would've been very appealing. After all, the conditions described don't sound that much different from what I experienced in my first two years at college.

Posted by scott at June 01, 2010 06:49 AM

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But what you don't understand is that the US Americans are forcing these kids into this. We're forcing the Koreans to grab random kids off the street, shackle them (literally) to the computer desk and pump them full of caffeine and other stimulants until they get good or die.

At no point could they get up and walk out. Quit. Choose another job. Get a girlfriend (well, they probably couldn't get a girlfriend, but still). It's unpossible.

Posted by: Ron ap Rhys on June 1, 2010 08:18 AM
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