There is a lengthy wikipedia page on "wage slavery", which has a long history, even if it is not part of the currently accepted definition of slavery. https://e

There is a lengthy wikipedia page on "wage slavery", which has a long history, even if it is not part of the currently accepted definition of slavery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery "Similarities between wage labour and slavery were noted as early as Cicero in Ancient Rome, such as in De Officiis." If you need the wage from your labour to feed and house yourself, such that you are completely dependent on your employer, how is that functionally different to slavery? Unpaid internships are increasingly considered immoral for reasons that you identify - many people literally cannot afford to take such an internship, so cannot gain this experience.