The labor theory of value makes sense for hunter/gatherers, but not for a modern economy, which also runs on capital and intellectual property. That said, in the final analysis, the economy still can’t run without labor, and we are still living on infrastructure built largely with or ancestors’ muscle power. We should be more grateful for it.
Labor in the US has never operated under such severe political and economic disadvantages during my lifetime as it does today. Demographics are about to start changing that, at least as to jobs that cannot be easily automated or sent overseas. As for everyone else . . . there are still lots of underemployed people in India and Africa.
Trump’s greatest weakness with white working people is his contempt for unions. His announcement of a pay freeze for federal workers just before Labor Day is an obvious stick in the eye for American workers everywhere. Will the Democrats make him pay the price for it in November? We’ll see.
Enjoy your holiday!