What is the Marxist thought on hiring contract labor? For instance, say you are a self employed contractor and you hire contract labor to do something you cannot do. Is this exploitation?

    • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      9 days ago

      As I said, it’s a value issue rather than a question of the specific job or other aspects of the arrangement. If you pay them as much as the value they are giving you, then it’s not exploitation.