In the intellectual realm, many humans are owned. Workers whose ideas belong to their hiring companies, for example. Predatory contracts that leave only the ch

In the intellectual realm, many humans are owned. Workers whose ideas belong to their hiring companies, for example. Predatory contracts that leave only the choice of starving versus being a mind slave are commonplace in industry. Idea production is claimed by masters, instead of workers, very often. The comparison is just a trick to make people talk about one thing while it means another.