> You have to pretend that all worker wages are inherently exploitation (that the business to worker relationship is always structured on worker exploitation),

> You have to pretend that all worker wages are inherently exploitation (that the business to worker relationship is always structured on worker exploitation), to believe that every rich nation primarily got there via exploitation. Merely that exploitation is more common than a fair trade where both parties can afford to walk away. How often is it historically that a person can quit on the spot without fear of becoming homeless? A quick search finds this article that suggests that in US today 40% of people have negative net worth: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/02/the-costs-of-inequality-when-a-fair-shake-isnt/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/02/the-costs-of-... Exploitation is not a good source of wealth for the country, of course. For people working minimum wage jobs their time would be more efficiently spent on education. But it's a great way to accumulate wealth that exists anyway.