Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy
by Nasrudith on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:21AM
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How exactly is exploitation defined? That term has been awfully watered down to the point a miller buying wheat, grinding it to flour, and then selling the flour qualifies because the farmer doesn't get paid a second time - despite doing the miller doing useful work and the fact a farmer can always mill themselves with just flat stones if the deal is so bad.
Everything in the exploitation economy is evil. But then most previous attempts at large-scale human organisation have been evil too, in their own ways.
It's possible to have a humane non-exploitation economy, and it might even be possible for it to include some marketing. But it would look very different to the economy we have today.