What words would you kinda like to see just vanish from the face of the earth - words that *confuse* discussion as opposed to clarifying it?
For me, "exploitation" would be up there
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What? No, exploitation has an exact definition.
It's the use of someone/something as a means to an end. The pursuit of an extrinsic good.
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Like - exploitation is a messy word that mixes together power and fairness and obligation and involuntaryness in a confusing muddled soup that just kinda "sounds bad" but doesn't mean anything specifically
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then nearly everything could be exploitation. i use cashiers as means to checking out my groceries.
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Exactly.
Not all exploitation is vicious.
E.g. Business lingo includes the virtuous "exploitation" of opportunities.
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Yes. Youre exploiting their labour for a service you require.
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Words have positive and negative connotation. No need to remove them, just understand them.
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