> it’s hard to imagine a modern day industry that isn’t “exploitative”

I think that’s the general sentiment, at least among young people. The statement “if you define x as exploitative then everything is” is exactly indicative of a systems problem and the solution can’t be shrugging and doing nothing unless you’ve already accepted your lot in life.

The near impossibility of sourcing goods that aren’t the result of worker mistreatment everywhere in the supply chain is nuts. You can’t vote with your wallet and you can’t vote with your votes.