I certainly wasn't trying to suggest anything Marxist, certainly not that capitalism is stupid. It's just a state of nature.
To make each worker personally absorb 100% of the risk involved in their production has a certain upside... but also a pretty obvious downside.
Say I'm a weaver, I buy supplies and I rent coworking space and I take whatever hours I want, I have full creative control and I get 100% of my own profit to work with. Yay no boss. But if my supplies or product get stolen, or eaten by moths, or are just bad, or become unfashionable, or cashflow kinks prevent me from selling... pay-to-work sounds less attractive when put that way, to lots of people.
To make each worker personally absorb 100% of the risk involved in their production has a certain upside... but also a pretty obvious downside.
Say I'm a weaver, I buy supplies and I rent coworking space and I take whatever hours I want, I have full creative control and I get 100% of my own profit to work with. Yay no boss. But if my supplies or product get stolen, or eaten by moths, or are just bad, or become unfashionable, or cashflow kinks prevent me from selling... pay-to-work sounds less attractive when put that way, to lots of people.