How is it profiting off their own labor if 99% of their profit comes from corporations existing which apparently are “exploitative”

i said generally that is the concept as to why
i didn’t say that’s what actually plays out in practice

again, i feel like you don’t understand the core concept

the wealthiest who have crayz branding like MJ or Bron yea for sure but the avg nba player for example absolutely not unless, at least not during their career

Exploiting workers is when you agree to work for a certain wage and can leave whenever you please

Getting a company to pay you 10m is a little different than exploiting 10k people with low wages who work in your factory

Where do you think NBA teams get the capability to pay some scrub on the bench $12 million a year genius?

Where does the company get the $10m

Lord knows but that's not on the person on the receiving end is it

then why are you talking about exploitation at all, bc all economic transactions have at least this minimal amount of room for choice

I was being sarcastic saying this whole argument y’all have is f***ing stupid

all companies get the capability to pay any employees through exploitation lmao that's literally just how companies work

Reading this thread actually baffles me

Uhh yes it is lol - it’s all apart of the same system so why are we picking and choosing who is good and who is bad based on who interests us more? Seems like an awful way to make your point

before u call an argument stupid u should at least understand it, which u dont

So what was your point…… all NBA players salaries are paid by partnerships and TV deals with the teams which then go to the players. It is no different than a player directly partnering with the source of cash at all

no its not because literallly every worker's salary comes from the surplus value which capitalists obtained thru exploitation

multitalented king

How can you exploit somebody who has no obligation to you

exploitation =/= coercion

the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.

then leave?

exploitation in the marxist sense is not a moral claim, it's purely economic

to get exploited by another capitalist?