In this episode of De-Riggable, Ben and Steve pull on a loose thread in the sweater of capitalism — and it starts to unravel fast. What begins as a joke about snake bars turns into a clear-eyed look at why income taxes quietly distort the entire value structure of labor. In this episode Ben and Steve break down one of the most overlooked distortions in modern capitalism: They explore why wages aren’t just negotiated prices but downstream artifacts of desperation, reduced bargaining power, and after-tax lifestyles. When people can’t say no to a job without harm, is that negotiation really “free”?

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