Wage theft doesn’t create the same kind of fear as someone shoving a gun in your face and taking your property.

What I find curious is how often comments like these are made without posting a link to any kind of source. I’ll just admit I have no idea what wage theft is, and I’d argue most people don’t know either. Can you enlighten me, or provide a source that explains it? And if you feel so strongly, why not post something to HN about it so we can all discuss?

Wage theft is self correcting in the bigger picture. People with better options will go for those options. People who perform better than they are paid will tend to have better opportunities.

Focusing on wage theft also fails to account for all the cheating employees do like slacking during lulls instead of being productive as expected.