Well, when you put it like that…

…it, first, a little more finely: “to use another person’s vulnerability for one’s own benefit.” Now. Who’s exploited in America? The better question is: who isn’t? 80% percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 70% can’t raise $1000 for an emergency, kids perform “active shooter drills”, abuse is rife in industry after industry, sick people crowdfund basic medicines, really sick people have to choose between chemotherapy and paying their mortgage, students pay higher interest rates than hedge funds — the very ones who looted their parents’ mortgages and savings. “To use another person’s vulnerabil…

How Capitalism Taught Americans Exploitation Was Good For Them

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John Katsos

1 min readSep 20, 2018

Well, when you put it like that…

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