Is employment the biggest scam in the history of the world? If you think about it for even one second you will realize it is actually impossible to 'sell' your 'labor'. In any normal exchange I give you something and you give me something in return. But when you 'sell your labor' you actually do not offer anything to anyone. The company gives you everything and receives nothing. You get a salary AND you get a job. Every day at work the company HAS work for you to do. You have nothing to offer and bring nothing with you to exchange.
>but why would the company hire you if they get nothing in return?
Essentially because by giving you everything (money, work to do) they become a creditor. The work you do and the money you receive are not correlated. It is only the hubris of the employee to think so. "I am getting paid well because I am valuable." This is what they tell themselves, because they do not want to face the fact that the company is simply giving them money. "But that's money that I earn!" It is simply not the case. Every time you receive a paycheck you become a debtor. You HAVE to go to work because you are indebted. You are a slave.
The point of exchanging is to have done with one another. In order to establish a long-term relationship such as 'employment' something besides exchange is therefore needed. The most effective way to do this is to oblige someone to life-long servitude by generously granting them a 'living wage'.
