Because exploitation is a two-actor system and poverty is a unary operator.

That two actor system needs an poor person to exploit. You are confirming my statement that poverty is the main problem.

And you need a rich person to do the exploiting. The power differential is a key ingredient.

	▲	argentinian 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What's your definition of exploitation? There's is poor people who exploit other poor people. Poor people that sends children to work for example. Only the rich can exploit? You are not using the definition of exploitation from the dictionaries. A stronger or armed person has a power differential with a weaker person. A smarter and less smart person too. So, exploitation doesn't seem to be related exclusively to wealth inequality. It's a moral thing, not a matter of wealth differences. A simple narrative of "us-good VS them-bad" is reductionistic.