• Sybil
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    111 months ago

    it’s definitely exploitation. you just don’t like the connotation. they are being exploited for their blood just like a well is exploited for oil a mountain is exploited for minerals and forests are exploited for wood.

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      11 months ago

      Exploit has multiple meanings, exploiting a resource and exploiting someone in an underhand or unfair way do have the same phrase to explain them. But exploiting a resource is obviously much different than treating workers unfairly.

      Verbs and nouns typically have different meanings for the same word, maybe time for an English refresher.

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        11 months ago

        since you clearly went to a dictionary, you can see none of the definitions even mention “force”.

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          There are other words in the definitions that mean the same.

          What do you think unfair and underhanded means….?

          • Sybil
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            111 months ago

            to be clear, my definition is correct, and you are objecting to the connotation of other definitions. this is very much your problem .

      • Sybil
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        111 months ago

        I’m using it correctly. don’t be condescending. you might think it’s a fair exploitation, but it’s exploitation nonetheless.

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          011 months ago

          Not your decision it make. Hazard pay exists for a reason, many people view that as exploitation as well. Doesn’t make it so, sorry.

          Words have different meanings, and you missed the mark thinking it was like mining.

      • Sybil
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        011 months ago

        mounds and greens have nothing to do with this. we are only using the transitive verb here.

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          111 months ago

          And if they are paid fairly it’s not exploitation anymore. That’s their decision to make, not yours.

          • Sybil
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            011 months ago

            pay isn’t part of the definition of exploitation, either