The „merciless exploitation of the working class” is not how they get rich, but how they keep their wealth. If you're poor, you can't really exploit the working class. It's basically just birth lottery with a really really small section for the people with luck and/or hard work.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 9 points 6 days ago

If you're poor, you can't really exploit the working class.

Scammers from across the planet have entered the chat.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago

If you’re poor, you can’t really exploit the working class.

Tell that to the po-lice

[–] coolie4@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you're poor, you can't really exploit the working class.

Of course you can. It's called turning to crime. Most pimps, low level drug dealers, etc, aren't rich.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

You just listed service industry workers