> just distributing it lopsidedly

Wealth is not being distributed. A laborer gets paid for the value he creates. There's no "distribution" going on (except by the government).

▲

srean an hour ago | parent [-]

> laborer gets paid for the value he creates

Not true at all. Most labourers have nowhere close the pricing power necessary for this to be true. Information is obfuscated (legally of course) on purpose.

▲

WalterBright 36 minutes ago | parent [-]

If you are creating 10x the value you are paid, then plenty of other employers will offer you a raise.

If you believe you are seriously underpaid, explain to your employer what value you are creating, and negotiate.

If you start your own business, you'll find out exactly what you're worth.

	▲	srean 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Come on, no way you can claim that. Let's take a Principal Engineer, a bad choice to make the case with because among others they do pay rather well, it is sort of a job requirement at that level to save or generate of the order of ~100 million dollars per year. An outsourced engineer sees no where near 1/10th that amount in his/her salary. For non software engineers it's much worse.