Whether you provide all of the basic needs for a man and he farms for others, or whether you provide him a wage.. it's all the same in the sense of removing his

Whether you provide all of the basic needs for a man and he farms for others, or whether you provide him a wage.. it's all the same in the sense of removing his autonomy. You'll notice from the writer's essay that he started to become "more happy" when he was able to exercise some autonomy without all of the pressure.