i pay my employees minimum wage.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Exploitation of labour is the act of treating ones workers unfairly for ones own benefit. It is a social relationship based on a fundamental asymmetry in a power relationship between workers and their employers. When speaking about exploitation there is a direct affiliation with consumption in social theory. Traditionally, this would label exploitation as unfairly taking advantage of another person because of his or her inferior position, giving the exploiter the power. Karl Marx, who is considered the most classical and influential theorist of exploitation, did not share the same traditional account of exploitation. Marx's theory explicitly rejects the moral framing characteristic of the notion of exploitation, and restricts the concept to the field of labour relations. In analyzing exploitation, many political economists are often stuck between the explanation of the exploitation of labour given by Marx and Adam Smith. Marx's exploitation theory is one of the major elements analyzed in Marxian economics, and some social theorists consider it to be a cornerstone in Marxist thought. Marx credited the Scottish Enlightenment writers for originally propounding a materialist interpretation of history.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It drives me crazy how many employers pay minimum knowing people can't live off of that"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, the exploitation of labor is the act of treating workers unfairly for ones own benefit.  There are many companies that do this, but not all do."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Companies that make huge profits should give back to the ones making them that money"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree.  The social relationship between the workers and the employers should be based on hard work by the workers, and fairness by the employers.  It boosts morale of all workers to see that both employees and employers are on the same team for each one's benefit. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have worked all types of jobs and I completely agree. It can really make or break an employee"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The minimum wage, to me, should not even be necessary - not because employers should pay their employees less, but rather that employers should value their workers enough to pay reasonable amounts as they can.  I am bothered by companies that make billions in profits, but can only \"afford\" to pay minimum wage.  If that is true, then there is something wrong with the tax system."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I think they call it social or moral responsibility. There's obviously a lack of respect going on somewhere"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is a poor view of fellow man for sure.  Granted, there are difference of opinion about the minimum wage, and even different jurisdictions for it; but ultimately, I feel that the moral responsibility falls on the employer, not the government."}]