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by Swenrekcah 1845 days ago
Of course. Some people can do that and nobody I know of has ever said anything different. But what is also true is that some people can’t do it, sometimes people are trading their lives away for only basic sustenance and no job security.
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> sometimes people are trading their lives away for only basic sustenance and no job security.

And they're still not being exploited. You're describing people that cannot fend for themselves. Also not everyone you're describing is only receiving basic sustenance. A lot of people in this situation live reasonably middle class lives.