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Power imbalance can create exploitation even without any external coercion. I think a hypothetical example can be helpful here: Imagine you are in the middle o
by ugh 15y ago
Power imbalance can create exploitation even without any external coercion.
I think a hypothetical example can be helpful here: Imagine you are in the middle of the desert and dying. Some guy in a helicopter arrives and offers you a contract: He will get you to the closest hospital if you give him all your money and nearly all of all your future income.
There is no external coercion involved, nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to sign, but it’s still exploitation. (All the laws I know acknowledge that: Not helping someone who is dying is a crime.)
- ars 15y agoOf course there is coercion: he's threatening you with passive death. Just because it's passive doesn't change anything.
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- ugh 15y agoSure, there is coercion. Note that I only said that there is no (for lack of a better word) external coercion. You might also call it open or explicit, I'm not sure, I'm not really happy about any of those words. What's not there, however, is any “threat of force” and that is what I was responding to.