system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Can the world's economy survive without exploitation?

I don't think anyone could possibly answer this, but it's more intended to spur a discussion.

I've wondered about this: is it necessary for certain people to be exploited in order for the economy to function? The US south famously ran on slave labor for years. Even now they use migrant workers who work long hours for practically nothing and have no rights. We all know about child labor in other countries and sweat shops.

Would it be possible for the world to continue functioning if all peoples were paid a decent wage and had worker rights?

**Edit**: For some reason people seem to have gotten the idea that I'm some ultra-liberal hippie asking a slanted question. That wasn't the case when I wrote this. I asked the question in the best way that I knew how and I was just curious to hear opinions by people more educated than I.
gpt
The problem is so many of those terms need to be defined. What is exploitation, what is a decent wage, what worker rights, do you mean the current world economy or any functional economic system? Most importantly, what's the definition of success here? Is it a certain level of growth? A level of income per capita? All of those also need to be discussed in order to get a coherent answer to this.