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On any other terms he is the slave of the consumer: and that he should be so is of no benefit to the consumer.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “On any other terms he is the slave of the consumer: and that he should be so is of no benefit to the consumer.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke warns that a laborer who cannot negotiate is effectively enslaved to the consumer.
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