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    It is not the case that Demanding firms redistribute surplus to workers beyond agreed wages constitutes a forced transfer that violates the separateness of persons and property rights.

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    • 1.Market wages reflect power imbalances and information asymmetries, not freely chosen terms. Agreements under duress aren't fully voluntary.
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    • 2.Firms benefit from public infrastructure, legal systems, and worker education. Surplus redistribution partially returns socially-created value.
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    • 3.Property rights themselves are socially constructed and limited. Societies legitimately define rights to prevent harm and ensure fair participation.
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    • 1.Property rights include control over one's own earnings absent theft or fraud. Voluntary contracts establish the legitimate boundaries of redistribution.
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    • 2.Workers and firms are separate moral agents. Coercing one party to transfer wealth beyond agreed terms treats persons as means to others' ends.
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    • 3.If redistribution is just, it should apply equally to all citizens via taxation, not selectively to profitable firms through regulatory mandate.
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