At least I've gotten you thinking!
I have some diminishing modicum of wealth accumulated over the years. I have exploited no one. The only resource I've used to do so is electricity. (I write software.) A nation is just the sum of its people. As a whole our nation, like myself, exploits neither people nor resources.
ML/NJ
You chose to exploit yourself. I'm not saying that it's a bad thing. It was your choice. After all, you could have just sat back and watched the passing parade as so many in this nation are doing. As for your use of natural resources, think about where your computer came from.
EVERYTHING we use is either mined or grown.
This nation was built on a balance of exploitation of both natural resources and people. Canada is doing that now. We on the other hand have decided to change that balance and give greater weight to the exploitation of people. The decision to become a “service economy” and the rule of the the EPA and other departments have brought us to this.