[charlesu]

Because the alternative is to starve?

You can take advantage of people when they’re in dire straits. That’s not indicative of some greater truth about the price of labor but a fact of exploitation.

[Chris2048]

So someone offers a job at a poor rate, and it's "exploitation".

Then what are you and me, who didn't even offer a rate? If they would've literally starved without the offer, it literally saved their life.

If a persons situation is not made worse by a job offer, then what's the problem? They would've still been worse off without it.

[JulianTapales]

Just because they would be better off with it doesn’t mean it’s not exploitative. The problem is the lack of non exploitative alternatives. You can argue a life of exploitation is better than starving to death but I’d say even that is up for debate.

[nickpp]

No, the alternative is another job.

[pietrovismara]

No. This is a blatant lie that keeps being repeated without thought.

The reason people work at amazon warehouses is because they don't have other choice. For many there simply are no other jobs that pay or treat you better.