A common pro-capitalist talking point is that merely saying "wage slavery" is somehow "emotional". And then this evidence-free rhetoric is supposed to somehow u

A common pro-capitalist talking point is that merely saying "wage slavery" is somehow "emotional". And then this evidence-free rhetoric is supposed to somehow undermine your point. This is basically desperation; of course renting yourself to obey the commands of an order-giver is wage slavery. Capitalist ideology relies on Orwellian propaganda that it's "freedom" to watch your tongue all day, lest you get fired and appeal to some other wage-slaver that you're a useful tool to rent. Also, it helps demonstrate that capitalist economics is mainly scientism. This soft social science hitches a ride on the popular imagery of the solemn-faced scientist.