You shouldn't be able to sell yourself into slavery. Putting minimum standards you can't opt out of is the only way to maintain basic right in the face of inev

You shouldn't be able to sell yourself into slavery. Putting minimum standards you can't opt out of is the only way to maintain basic right in the face of inevitably growing asymmetry that is the inevitable outcome of even a small amount of initial inequality. Having a slightly higher share of current resources makes it possible to tilt the board to obtain a larger share of future resources until an increasingly small portion owns more and more. Ultimately slavery would be the alternative for starvation.