Then why has the environment been improving over the past few decades?
I am afraid I must ask you to define "exploitation". I do not consider a requirement to work in order to receive a paycheck being exploited.
Please explain how you propose to "trick" me into buying anything. At least more than once!
Who is the responsible person to ensure that a product is used safely? By your statement we can sell no; knives, cars, bicycles, motorcycles, horses, hang gliders, airplanes, pogo sticks, or any of the other myriad things that we can use to hurt ourselves.
I suppose that this is meant to refer to cigarettes? What about sterno or matches?
Sorry this is not the least bit objective. Things I might choose not to do without you would have not one single use for.
This is reasonable when you are of the position that the purpose for the existence of a business is the height of evil. But that very thing, the profit motive, is the single most pervasive thing to make a company do what is correct. If one did not there would be no profit.
So you are than of the opinion that the only way to induce anyone to do that which is correct is to force them? I seen to remember hearing that forcing a child to do the correct thing is the absolute wrong thing to do as all it teaches them is "Might Makes Right". If it is wrong in those circumstances it is wrong in all circumstances. Further this requirement for force to ensure the "correct" action leaves all business - and choice - in the hands of Government. For they are the only ones for whom force is an acceptable means of operation.
I believe that is called Communism.
I believe you held that position before the discussion.