Something being transparent and people being exploited is not contradictory.
If someone needs food because he is starving and you make him a (trasnparent) proposition to, say, have sex with you in exchange for food, he is still being exploited.
Define 'exploit'. If people are starving, essentially if you don't feed them for free, you're exploiting them unless you too are starving.
That's the rule of charity that I live by. But ofcourse people have different definitions of exploitation, because like 'evil' its a pretty nebulous word.
>Define 'exploit'. If people are starving, essentially if you don't feed them for free, you're exploiting them unless you too are starving.
Well, you can either feed them for free, or if you DO want their work, pay them a fair compensation, even if you can get away with paying them a near-substinence BS wage.
Feeling good with yourself with paying a BS amount because "at least I gave them work and they won't starve this way" is the basis of modern exploitation.
Sure, what's "fair" might not be scientifically and mathematically derived value, but it's not like it's totally opaque either. If your company is enjoying large profits, you pay your execs top dollar for their golden parachutes, and you are paying your employess just enough to live hand-to-mouth, then increase that.
If someone needs food because he is starving and you make him a (trasnparent) proposition to, say, have sex with you in exchange for food, he is still being exploited.