The fundamental issue with that line of thinking is that deal-making only works when one of the parties is not under duress. If your life is on the line, you will take terrible deals, because you have no choice.<p>Capitalism is a system where the companies hold all the power and labor holds none- because if labor doesn&#x27;t take the deal, labor <i>will die</i>. You can&#x27;t negotiate a fair deal under those circumstances.<p>Which is why you need the government- social safety nets give power back to labor. So do unions. But both have been severely cut back in the past few decades.