Re: definition of a worker

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

Actually, trying to define what a "worker" is is remarkably difficult.
For example, how do you define an independent contractor who owns his own
"means of production" but also employs himself?

Anyway, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism#Wage_labor does seem to
be most succinct yet skirting the complex edge cases of the definition.

In any case, I think we can agree that a worker is someone who has to
exert effort to earn income in order to survive.  (But, again, ignoring a
lot of complex edge cases.)