People who are forced to work at jobs they hate, desperate to keep that job even though it robs them of life-force more than it pays them in money, who nevertheless need it because it is the only way to survive, are in a very real way not free.

Mar 25, 2021 · 11:35 AM UTC

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You are speaking the truth.
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We aren’t the country we’ve been told we are and it’s rly tragic cuz we could be but the rich are never satisfied all our institutions cater to THEM 😢
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"The dignity of work" A myth perpetuated the shareholder class.
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That's me! Thanks for nothing, Capitalism.
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#wageslavery
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Tough to quit a job w terrible Healthcare benefits when the alternative is a slow painful death because you can't get overpriced insulin.
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It's called "Wage Slavery" Marianne.
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Forced?
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Hannah Arendt wrote in "Vita Activa" that the "animal laborans" thrives, i.e. a human model for which any real connection with life and politics is a privilege for a few, as the rest is imprisoned in the cycle of consumption and labor. It is a precise social project.
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