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Do you mean because the company values my labor more than they pay me, that's exploitation? How about when I buy eggs from the grocery and value them more than
by baggy_trough 3y ago
Do you mean because the company values my labor more than they pay me, that's exploitation?
How about when I buy eggs from the grocery and value them more than they cost me, so that there is consumer surplus. Is that exploitation?
- cto_of_antifa 3y ago[dead]
- onethought 3y agoExploiting an egg? Having people produce something and not paying them what it is worth so someone else can profit - is exploitation. Remove the prejudice from the word. Just like if you “exploit a coal seam” or “exploit sunlight to generate electricity”. You are deriving value from something where the benefit is more than the cost. When the exploitation crosses a human, it (rightly) takes on a negative connotation.
- baggy_trough 3y agoExploiting the egg farmer, I suppose. Just seems nonsensical. Every trade benefits both parties more than the trade value. Otherwise the trade wouldn't happen.