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Wool2662 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Employing Others Is Linked to Wealth and Wellbeing

Free society... People buy a car because they have to work. They have to work because they don't want to starve. Following your logic keeping slaves is not exploitative. You pay them in not being whipped and maybe even food. They are free to decline your offer and die at any time.

credit_guy 8 months ago [–]

For what it’s worth, my cleaning lady is in no danger of starvation. She has a vacation home, and I don’t.

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