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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2253891" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>"</p><p>Wage slavery refers to a situation where a person's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livelihood" target="_blank">livelihood</a> depends on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage" target="_blank">wages</a> or a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salary" target="_blank">salary</a>, especially when the dependence is total and immediate.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery#cite_note-merriam-webster.com-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> It is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative" target="_blank">pejorative</a> term used to draw an analogy between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery" target="_blank">slavery</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_labor" target="_blank">wage labor</a> by focusing on similarities between owning and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment" target="_blank">renting</a> a person.</p><p></p><p>The term <em>wage slavery</em> has been used to criticize <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_of_labour" target="_blank">exploitation of labour</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_stratification" target="_blank">social stratification</a>, with the former seen primarily as unequal bargaining power between labor and capital (particularly when workers are paid comparatively low wages, e.g. in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshops" target="_blank">sweatshops</a>),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> and the latter as <strong>a lack of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_self-management" target="_blank">workers' self-management</a></strong>, fulfilling job choices, and leisure in an economy"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2253891, member: 56035"] " Wage slavery refers to a situation where a person's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livelihood']livelihood[/URL] depends on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage']wages[/URL] or a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salary']salary[/URL], especially when the dependence is total and immediate.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery#cite_note-merriam-webster.com-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] It is a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative']pejorative[/URL] term used to draw an analogy between [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery']slavery[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_labor']wage labor[/URL] by focusing on similarities between owning and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment']renting[/URL] a person. The term [I]wage slavery[/I] has been used to criticize [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_of_labour']exploitation of labour[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_stratification']social stratification[/URL], with the former seen primarily as unequal bargaining power between labor and capital (particularly when workers are paid comparatively low wages, e.g. in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshops']sweatshops[/URL]),[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] and the latter as [B]a lack of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_self-management']workers' self-management[/URL][/B], fulfilling job choices, and leisure in an economy" [/QUOTE]
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