It’s a modified form of slavery: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery
The 4chan term is “wagecuck”.
Also wage slave and wagie lol
As fucked in the head as 4chan is they come up with some funny ass words
only a little less galling
That hits different coming from a former chattle slave
B-b-but in Epic Rap Battles of History, Frederick Douglass said, “The face of a free man, taught himself to read, man”, what do you mean he still felt like a slave in a wage system??
wait… you get paid enough to pay for food and shelter?
While I agree with the spirit of this post, I don’t know it I’ve ever seen anyone propose an alternative, legit system.
We could start with a little more time off
Read ‘The Dispossessed’ by Ursula Le Guin.
If we’re stopping short of a literal revolution that abolishes the existence of money — which would be poggers — employee funds have been proposed as a way of transitioning businesses into full employee ownership. That would fix a lot of the most immediate issues we face.
Have you tried having a hobby outside of work?
2 steps ahead of u: i dont work