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> Let’s imagine a slave cotton plantation was unprofitable due to poor weather, some burglary, and other external factors. Is the cotton plantation not exploiti
by el_dev_hell 7y ago
> Let’s imagine a slave cotton plantation was unprofitable due to poor weather, some burglary, and other external factors. Is the cotton plantation not exploiting the slaves?
You don't see the glaring differences between a slave on a cotton plantation and an Uber driver?
- scarejunba 7y agoThe original argument has two independent parts: 1. Access to customer base 2. Subsidizing the service provider over market rates You're responding to an argument that is claiming that the second thing is irrelevant to the conclusion. i.e. whether or not you are subsidizing the service provider at a loss is irrelevant for the exploitation value. The exploitation is coming from elsewhere, and the subsidizing doesn't do anything about it. I, personally, don't think they are being exploited but I agree that the subsidy doesn't remove exploitation if it did exist.
- b_tterc_p 7y agoYes this is what I meant. Slavery is a convenient example where exploitation is obviously occurring but could still encounter the same loss as the parent had claimed was proof of no exploitation.