• lauha@lemmy.world
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    All employees are there by choice - even if it’s not their first choice, it’s their choice.

    Well, in a sense yes, but for many people the choice is either work there or go unemployed, especially the lower you go on the corporate ladder.

    Like I said, I don’t think it’s a fair choice.

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      Well, we agree.

      As for myself? I chose to not be a slave and I’m sticking with that.

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          With some exceptions, we all have a choice in the first-world. Chains can be external and internal. In your example, the chains are mostly internal even if there is some degree of external chains. If you’re living in SF and are a game developer, chances are you aren’t doing terribly.

          As for exploited and poor third-world countries or those who lack citizenship in first-world countries (i.e. undocumented immigrants), I’m inclined to say that is modern slavery. It sometimes literally is slavery, even child slavery.

          Here in the first-world, we presently benefit from child slavery and third-world exploitation in the products we consume. It’s not uncommon either.

          I believe people have to choose differently if they want different. Be the change you seek, that whole jazz.