Saw this comment on the commie side of TikTok. My gut tells me this is ultraleft bs, but perhaps my fellow hexbears can educate me on this discussion which I’m sure is not new.

I don’t see how a poor American on food stamps is responsible, even though a systematic analysis reveals that international superexploitation is a thing.

The American proletariat can and should organize in any case. I don’t see how Americans can build any sort of socialist movement if any organization at all is accused of being hypocritical.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    if one is paid min wage and working legal hours, there are exploited workers in the global north. He is using the marxist definition of exploitation i.e. "being paid less than the value of the products of your labour

    This clicks. A way to ask this question in a global perspective is “based on the average global price of the goods and services you create, how does your wage/compensation compare”.