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Originally Posted by nico-t
9 to 5 til you get sick or die sounds quite like modern slavery to me.
And I work alot more than 9 to 5 for myself, because ironically that's the only way to break free of it. Not being a zombie doing a 9 to 5 for a boss at least gives me a little bit of an idea of being free, but in the end we are all slaves to money. It's how the world works nowadays. The only other option is to move to a desert island and learn to live without anything - not really my dream.
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Working only 9-5, 5 days a week with 4-6-8 weeks paid vacation, medical insurance for your family, having plenty of free time to pursue family and personal interests etc etc etc... sounds like "slavery"?
What do you think is supposed to happen? Food just rains down from the sky and we pick it up in baskets? Money should just flow like streams and we just scoop out what we need to build a home and provide for a family?
How do you think the world is supposed to work if everyone does not work hard and contribute to society as has been the case since the dawn of civilization, to support themselves and their families? At what point in human history do you think people weren't working hard to hunt, forage, farm, build, trade or whatever, to survive all day, every single day? And today.... doing the absolute bare minimum with every possible guarantee of your own safety and survival and comfort of you and your family that can be made is "slavery".