The exploitation is baked into the very foundations of capitalsm. Another scam is that the workers, who are the ones actually making all the useful commodities we need (e.g., food, clothing, housing, etc.)–as well as the infrastructure that keeps production operational (e.g., roads, bridges, electricity, etc.)–cannot access those commodities without an exchange of money. We create all the necessities of life, we create more than enough to provide for everyone’s needs, but we cannot access those necessities outside of a fucking paywall.

Even worse, the capitalists that produce commodities in search of profits are independent; but the realization of the value embedded in those physical objects depends on an exchange at the market which is outside the capitalist’s control. So the conjunction of the profit motive and the paywall (i.e., exchange-value standing in the way of the use-vale) leads to much overproduction and waste. Even when labor has gone into agriculture, for example, the capitalist would rather dump tons of fresh food than lose money. It’s an idiotic system and yet people will defend it to the death.