A Boring Dystopia

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submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

24 dollars a month. [...] we were paid

10c an hour. I can totally see how this is not slave labor.

I'll tell you what made it slave labor: could you quit that job?

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I want to take up his point. It's much more like medieval serfdom than slavery. Such as:

Although serfs were bound to the land unlike US prisoners where they can be transferred from location to location.

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but I lost privileges

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

So, you get punished if you quit. That makes it not voluntary.