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by asjldkfin 1578 days ago
The problem here is that by their sentiment, there has never been a single industry, at any point in history, that hasn’t been “exploitative”.

This is what happens when your definition of “exploitative” is based on a relative metric. Exploitative literally means “having a life that’s worst than average”- which by definition means there’ll always be people who are exploited.

There was a time where exploitation meant literally chattel slavery, now it means working a sub-optimal job. You even hear of how Investment Bankers are “exploited” because they work long hours.

The term is frankly meaningless.