0_Apprentice
I've been with my company for ten years but someone else got my promotion. That's messed up.
1_Wizard
It certainly is. Wage slavery is not a pleasant thing to experience. Your livelihood depends on your wages and job.
0_Apprentice
Exactly! I told my boss that and he didn't care. I can't afford to live on what I make now! I haven't had a raise in 5 years!
1_Wizard
It's exploitation of labor. With unions being gutted, bargaining power between management and workers has become unequal.
0_Apprentice
I wish we had a union where I work. Maybe I could check into joining one.
1_Wizard
The whole point of unions is to eradicate the inequality of bargaining between the concerned parties, especially as regards corporations.
0_Apprentice
That's just what we need at my workplace. It seems like we just keep missing out on more and more.
1_Wizard
You're not alone, unfortunately. The concept of wage labor and slave labor goes back as far as Cicero in Ancient Rome!
0_Apprentice
Oh wow, I didn't know that! So that makes me feel a little bit better about it I guess since there's probably been billions upon billions of people who have went through the same thing I'm going through.
1_Wizard
Absolutely, and there's disagreement on what has dehumanized the work place. Many, Many years ago some thinkers compared wage slavery and labor. Whereas others blamed dehumanization with the advent of machines! Sound familiar??