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cedarscarlettyesterday at 6:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

Let me complain about how I'm being exploited at my job while voluntarily choosing said job over literally every other job available to me.


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swiftcoderyesterday at 6:21 PM

Please do enumerate these other jobs that are available to the Filipino currently performing this job for... checks notes... $2/hour?

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mmoossyesterday at 6:21 PM

That's how exploitation works: The exploited don't have another choice. That doesn't make doing cruel things to them wrong and (hopefully) illegal.

For example, someone could compel people who are starving to do all sorts of horrible things for food, and then say 'well, they chose to do it!'.

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