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Jobs are created by people. If you think jobs should be different, create such jobs. Why should anybody else be obliged to do it for you?
The conversation here is about people that take these moderation jobs (pick any of a dozen reasons) are getting shafted compared to the duties required.
Admittedly this is an attempt to shape their circumstances, but it's not in keeping with the way corporations work to suggest that workers can just say no.
It's a false dichotomy. I already told you, you don't live in a capitalist system. You live in a hybrid system where all markets and contracts are already regulated.
If you believe otherwise, try ignoring labor laws. Try ignoring OSHA. Try ignoring EPA. Try getting someone to sign an indentured servitude contract. You'll quickly learn that the world isn't that simple.
I don't know why you think "love it or leave it" is a veiled threat. What historical use are you referring to? Of course it is abbreviated. You can negotiate with your boss if you are unhappy. But ultimately, nobody owes you anything. Yes, there are the labor laws and so on, but I think if somebody decides to shut down their company, you can not really sue them for your job anymore.
Still,e the fact that unemployment is dropping and people have found new ways to make money, despite old jobs potentially disappearing forever, is actually a strength of capitalism.
Socialism say, "Don't worry we'll take care of you. Here's some welfare," and people become dependent on the State, and the State might give you some new job options to pick from.
FDR's new deal gave people jobs that weren't even necessary (Got into a building in TVA and look at the rows and floors of empty cubes; they had a secretary for each floor) and even though people knew that, there was still a sense of pride that at least they were working and trying to contribute. That aided more creatively, and more recovery.
COVID is the ultimate test of Capitalism for people to rise up within the new rules of this horrible system, a one where leaders are saying "You literally cannot run your small store, but we're going to let this massive chain keep working" .. where they are literally removing your Capitalists freedoms, and the ones who will survive are the ones who say "Fuck this .. I'm going to find a way to keep afloat .. time to get creative.." and suddenly your store is selling masks and creating more fabric waste to fill our oceans more than ever!
I know this isn't the spirit of comments HN encourages, but I really can't afford to waste the time on writing a thoughtful reply to someone who is, most likely, purposefully ignorant. So I'll just link you to Wikipedia instead:
That is the dream version of socialism, not the reality. In reality socialism consistently fails to "eliminate inefficiencies", rather, it does the opposite.
But we shouldn't discuss socialism here, that is true.
I merely stated what would be the reality under socialism (which has been the case in previous attempts to implement socialism), which is that you would be assigned a job and you would be supposed to gratefully do it for the common good, not for personal gains.
I have friends to grow up under socialism. I suspect many Americans simply live to far away from real socialist countries. I guess you could ask Cuban refugees what they think, though.