What I believe is that Exploitation is when a larger country colonizes smaller and weaker countries in order to benefit from the resources or use them so that its less they have to do. Exploitation is very similar to how the global economy works for smaller countries. Countries pay their workers minimal pay but are required to do tons. One form of exploitation that I found was when the land was pretty much colonized by the Europeans, the industrial revolution took place. Europeans started Colonialism by coming to North America to seize the land. There were advantages and disadvantages to Colonialism, similarities are that the native people of the land ended obviously ended up losing their land and of course their lives. Despite the similarities there are differences as well. Colonialism brought many diseases, while the industrial revolution came with advances in medicines that in return helped people survive and live long.
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Exploitation and the Global economy is an assembly line, they work hard but get paid very little, not to mention they are required to put in long hrs.
I thought the same about the long hours working on an assembly line. These people in lower income countries are trying to support families on pennies a day, and have no chance of ever having a better life or getting a decent education. Only to be forever exploited by higher income countries, like the US.
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