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This is a perfectly good explanation of how capitalism works, especially if you operate your company by the numbers, but we don't have to accept that as the way

This is a perfectly good explanation of how capitalism works, especially if you operate your company by the numbers, but we don't have to accept that as the way things are. We already have social policies to protect workers from exploitation even if they themselves do not consider it exploitation, those policies need to be strengthened. At the very least we should mandate that overtime is compensated to a degree that represents the cost to society of burnt out workers who require healthcare or exit the labor force entirely.

randomdata 3y ago
Technically the policies you speak of are not to prevent exploitation per se (although that may happen as a side effect), but to limit the competitiveness with other workers. Workers have shown that they can be quite nasty towards each other, even accepting exploitation if it means they can screw over the guy beside them, and that is what we seek to control. However, the topic of discussion is about blaming the exploiters. Laws to try and help prevent exploitation does not speak to that.