(July 26, 2021 at 4:43 pm)Helios Wrote:Quote:What do you mean when you say something is exploitative?
Generally speaking, exploitation is the unfair capitalizing on an imbalance of some sort. The employer has the capital and the worker only has their labor, but it would seem a stretch to call that unfair.
So what do you mean when you say wage labor is exploitative?
The concept of an employer and a worker is inherently imbalanced and the fact the worker most sells his labor is inherently exploitative. I'm not sure how to make that much clearer
That you believe wage labor is exploitative is clear. What's not clear is what you mean by exploitative. Is Brian exploiting me and my contributions because he has a penis and I do not? That's an imbalance. Are all imbalances exploitative? If so, how do you determine who is exploiting who? I seem to be exploiting Jeff Bezos' desire to be wealthy by ordering things from Amazon. All you're doing is blathering.
That wage labor is exploitative doesn't answer why wage labor is exploitative, what does it mean for a relationship to be exploitative, which was the question.
Basically your answer is, "By saying wage labor is exploitative I mean that wage labor is exploitative." Well, like fucking duh.