It's not easy, and that's the point. You can take the easy road, which is to get a job and work for someone, hoping that you haven't wasted your life away, or you can take the hard road and build something.
Both have benefits, and both have risks. There's no easy ticket, at least in this life, so employer and employee have to meet in the middle. The market helps that happen.
You had me until your last point, which was when you used the term exploit. I think that tells the tale right there.
As an employee, you have to do what your employer tells you. If you do not, you will not have the means to continue feeding yourself and putting a roof over your head. As an employee, the vast bulk of the wealth you create will never end up in your hands - it will end up in the hands of people who did not do your work.
How exactly is that not exploitation? What would you call it?
"The market helps that happen."
The market helps whoever has the most money, or the most of a scarce resource.
Both have benefits, and both have risks. There's no easy ticket, at least in this life, so employer and employee have to meet in the middle. The market helps that happen.
You had me until your last point, which was when you used the term exploit. I think that tells the tale right there.