Crushed genitals.

Dont wanna let the proles get control of means of production (including their own muscles)

Supposedly this is about $7,500. There was something similar to this about 10 years ago that I remember costing about $10-12k. It's cheaper to force people to build up muscle and pass the buck to insurance companies if they get hurt, and then just replace them with someone younger when they get old/injured.

If you start racking up injuries your insurance becomes extremely expensive. That actually might be the intended value of this device to employers and not my dystopian idea-simply to reduce workers comp claims for carpal tunnel. Also $7500 pays for itself very quickly if you can give more hours to 1st year apprentices at $40k/year and fewer hours to your journeymen at $100k/year.

Most non-union physical laborers don’t get compensation for repetitive stress injuries. Only some union jobs or keyboard warriors get that perk.

Every employee (so everyone but misclassified gig workers) is eligible for workers comp. It generally is a long, lawyered up fight to get it though, so generally only us union bros and middle class types have the resources to get what we’re due. But don’t worry, payroll taxes are still getting taken out of your check to fund the system.