system
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human
When speaking about Marx's definition exploitation, how would he (or post-marxist) address the fact that employers are taking the risk for their business, therefore their extra gain is legitimate?
gpt
Marx points out in *Capital Vol. 1* that this risk asymmetry is mostly an illusion. The worker is also risking, and in fact generally risks more on a personal level. The worker gives the capitalist credit constantly due to having to give their labor first before being paid. Risk is relative. A person steals from a shop and goes to jail and pay a fine abive value. A capitalist steals wages and merely has to pay it back if they are caught years after the fact, they don't have to pay further damages due to damaging the life possibilities of those they steal from, and they don't go to jail over it.

The person with a 10 million dollar factory is not in fact at full risk of that amount *even* without insurance. If they fail to deliver, they can go bankrupt as a corporation, not as a person, etc.