I think you gloss over quite a lot of nuance with this. Is it explotation to give my mentally deficient neighbor a piece of candy to mow my lawn and clean my pool? Is it exploitation to give a homeless alcoholic a bottle of vodka in exchange for him pulling out his tooth on camera? Is it made worse if I sell copies of the recording for a pretty penny? The consent aspect, to me, is muddied by the fact that there is a strong imbalance in power and leverage. There is a threat inherent in the subtext to the impovrished. Work yourself to the bone, or starve. Both people profit, one enough to fill his coffers, the other enough to keep them going through the next day of labor. A market wage does not make the claim that it is fair or humane.
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I think you gloss over quite a lot of nuance with this. Is it explotation to give my mentally deficient neighbor a piece of candy to mow my lawn and clean my pool? Is it exploitation to give a homeless alcoholic a bottle of vodka in exchange for him pulling out his tooth on camera? Is it made worse if I sell copies of the recording for a pretty penny? The consent aspect, to me, is muddied by the fact that there is a strong imbalance in power and leverage. There is a threat inherent in the subtext to the impovrished. Work yourself to the bone, or starve. Both people profit, one enough to fill his coffers, the other enough to keep them going through the next day of labor. A market wage does not make the claim that it is fair or humane.
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