Oh, baloney. "Slave of the plantation" is different from "slave of the economy" because one was, you know, literal slavery. And the other isn't.
> If you don't participate in the economy, you die. Not through some physical impossibility, but because the owners and masters will not allow you food, water, shelter, medicine. If they could control air they'd sell that too.
It's not that they won't allow you food, as if they are consciously controlling whether you get a morsel today or not. It's that your food supply is not their responsibility. It's yours. You want food? Go do something to get it.
You know who is responsible for feeding others? Slave owners.
You have that control; they don't. Be glad of that, even if it means you have to go to work.
> If you don't get a job and sacrifice 98% of the income generated by your work to your owner and master, you die.
Not at all. You can work for yourself - start your own business. Most people won't take the risk - or take on the work - to do it. That doesn't make them a slave, though.
And, 98%? Have you seen the profit margins of, say, grocery stores?
> If you don't participate in the economy, you die. Not through some physical impossibility, but because the owners and masters will not allow you food, water, shelter, medicine. If they could control air they'd sell that too.
It's not that they won't allow you food, as if they are consciously controlling whether you get a morsel today or not. It's that your food supply is not their responsibility. It's yours. You want food? Go do something to get it.
You know who is responsible for feeding others? Slave owners.
You have that control; they don't. Be glad of that, even if it means you have to go to work.
> If you don't get a job and sacrifice 98% of the income generated by your work to your owner and master, you die.
Not at all. You can work for yourself - start your own business. Most people won't take the risk - or take on the work - to do it. That doesn't make them a slave, though.
And, 98%? Have you seen the profit margins of, say, grocery stores?