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“Exploit labour” is just outdated Marxism. No self respecting economist believes this kind of rhetoric anymore but it only exists amongst west coded leftist. I
by simianwords 7mo ago
“Exploit labour” is just outdated Marxism. No self respecting economist believes this kind of rhetoric anymore but it only exists amongst west coded leftist.
It’s a sort of cynical fatalism to think everything is exploitation — directly coming from Marx.
It’s not exploitation to mutually agree on a deal. Most of population know this except Marxists!
- cmrdporcupine 7mo agoAh, peak HN pseudo-libertarianism a) just hand wave away that there is a massive power and wealth differential involved in this "mutual agreement" b) dismiss all discussions which recognize that fact... as "outdated Marxism" Plenty of mainstream economists are capable of seeing the real world which you are pretending doesn't exist. Even Marx meant the word "exploit" in relatively value neutral terms, just recognizing that in any economy built on private property we exploit humans the same way we do any "resource". It's up to the reader whether they see that as having any moral connotation.
- simianwords 7mo agoMassive power and wealth differential is just simply a reason to be jealous. It is precisely this concept of mutual agreement (capitalism) that brought most of humanity out of poverty. >Plenty of mainstream economists are capable of seeing the real world which you are pretending doesn't exist. Not really. There are total of zero economic policies made by analysing economy through Labour Theory of Value or whatever other crap Marxists believe. The above poster used "exploit" in non value neutral terms. Marx tried very hard to be value neutral about it (but its clear what the intentions were) but his readers don't play that game.