• Sybil
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    11 year 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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      1 year 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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        1 year ago

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

      • Sybil
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        11 year ago

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

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            01 year ago

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

      • Sybil
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        11 year ago

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

        • @schmidtster@lemmy.world
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          01 year 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.