it's literally insane the extent to which capitalism in the imperial core has devolved into having to actively convince capitalists to exploit you. because getting exploited is basically the only way to attend a food and a housing and a not fucking dying of exposure/the pigs. it genuinely makes no logical sense even by capitalist economic standards. yes reserve army of labor, yes exploitation of the proletariat, etc. but still. at the end of the day, they make no profit from me unless they get to exploit my labor time right?