There's definitely more than a little heartlessness in it, though. Both the investor & the developer are/will be invested in the business, and yet it's the deve

There's definitely more than a little heartlessness in it, though. Both the investor & the developer are/will be invested in the business, and yet it's the developer making all the sacrifices. The investor could decide to invest more and spend it on improving working conditions, but they choose not to - after all, the suckers have confirmed that they are happy with the conditions!