People who trade their time for money without saving up to buy back their freedom and time should be called voluntary slaves, not employees

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• yesman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This sounds like some kind of hyper-libertarianism where even slavery is a individual choice or a personal failure.

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  • King@blackneon.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So you agree with my conclusion here?

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    • DomeGuy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “slave” means someone who cannot choose to stop working for another. If you can seek alternate employment or even just choose to stop working there, you’re not a slave.

      It’s common practice to use the noun in a poetic sense, such as “wage slave” or “corporate slave”, but such usage doesn’t rise to expanding the definition of the word.

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• MantisToboggon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Or parents.

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