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IMO the "slave" aspect comes from the cycle you get stuck in, rather than the fact that somebody gets to tell you what to do. As Felix Dennis (*megarich entrep
by ahoyhere 15y ago
IMO the "slave" aspect comes from the cycle you get stuck in, rather than the fact that somebody gets to tell you what to do.
As Felix Dennis (*megarich entrepreneur) says, "A regular paycheck is like crack."
It's easy to become a slave to something that is, overall, so easy and comfortable and the default that everyone falls into & recommends & supports & views as normal.
- davidhollander 15y ago> A regular paycheck is like crack. > the cycle you get stuck in Is a behavior being "self-reinforcing" or "addictive" a sufficient definition that allows us to distinguish between things considered slavery, and things not considered slavery? Should screenwriters of dramatic television employing cliff hangers, alcohol brewers, and coffee shop owners, be considered slave-holders? Would you hold that waking at a set hour of the day, and sleeping at a set hour of the day constitutes slavery, due to its cyclic nature? What term would you use to describe situations involving claims of ownership over the production of others coerced to produce against their will under threat of violence or legal sanction?