> Why would anyone take the job then, if it didn’t provide those things?
Because renting a room is cheaper than renting an apartment, because ramen for 2 meals a day will cause medical problems that show up later than hunger, because some medicine is better than no medicine, because there’s an entire gradation of misery between “paid a living wage” and dying tomorrow.
Because renting a room is cheaper than renting an apartment, because ramen for 2 meals a day will cause medical problems that show up later than hunger, because some medicine is better than no medicine, because there’s an entire gradation of misery between “paid a living wage” and dying tomorrow.