# Understanding Risk **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-risk/576302 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [March 28, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-risk/576302 "2011-03-28T20:06:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 9
### Author: ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight) #### Post date: [March 28, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-risk/576302/9 "2011-03-28T20:58:06Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > is this a spin-off from the What Should Replace Capitalism thread, where some were arguing that workers get a share of the profit? Personally I was hoping it would be a sticky that people could refer to if ever they thought that labour risked as much as the investor. It has showed up in almost all of **Le Jacquelope’s** , as well as the union busting threads, most recently [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=601726): > [@Why has so much power/influence left labor and gone to capital, at least in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-so-much-power-influence-left-labor-and-gone-to-capital-at-least-in-the-us/575656/52): > > Isn’t the cashier investing his time as much as the store owner or neurosurgeon? Why is their time worth something and the cashier’s isn’t? There is a misconception that employees are entitled to share in the profits, because there is a misconception that employees share in the risk. Both a coal miner and a firefighter face risk in the form of injury/death, and in both cases each understand that risk and are compensated for it. If the level of risk is too high, they are free to work elsewhere. (with that said, it is NOT okay for management to have poor safety standards and procedures). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-risk/576302)._