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by Chris2048 1927 days ago
So someone offers a job at a poor rate, and it's "exploitation".

Then what are you and me, who didn't even offer a rate? If they would've literally starved without the offer, it literally saved their life.

If a persons situation is not made worse by a job offer, then what's the problem? They would've still been worse off without it.

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Just because they would be better off with it doesn’t mean it’s not exploitative. The problem is the lack of non exploitative alternatives. You can argue a life of exploitation is better than starving to death but I’d say even that is up for debate.