>Would you consider that the businesswoman is exploiting society? From a Marxist perspective, no, or at least not directly. Others in the supply chain do, howe

>Would you consider that the businesswoman is exploiting society? From a Marxist perspective, no, or at least not directly. Others in the supply chain do, however - from the people who are employed to raise the cows, to the leathermakers, to the rubbermarkers, to the employees of other companies that built the machines. However, according to the traditional Marxist conception (which isn't a universal conception among Marxists nowadays), such a company would only be as profitable in the long run proportional to the amount of labour the businesswoman adds herself. This is why there hasn't been a completely automated shoe factory run by a single person that's profitable in the long run once forces of competition kick in. The story is muddled a little if she acquires patents and copyrights, but it's not too far from reality, given that some countries have more lax attitudes towards IP and 'stealing designs'.