• Ultraviolet@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    No one can do a billion dollars worth of labor in a human lifetime. The only way to get a billion dollars is to exploit the labor of many, many others.

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      8 months ago

      Define “exploit”. If I give you a job at a competitive rate and you do the thing and you are financially compensated and enjoy a decent standard of living then where is the exploitation?

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        The exploitation comes from justifying taking the value created by another person’s labor through ownership of the tools they used.