JUPITERASC
Well-known member
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physical '...chains...' and '...whips....' associated with past slavery
continue in various forms all over the world in 21st Century.
as in
physical violence
experienced by those in abusive relationships
often work-related
who although not '...physically chained...'
nevertheless
feel too intimated to walk away from their '...keeper...'
as well as
non-physical bondage
which uses the '...chains...' and '...whips...'
of threats and intimidation
or
fear of the consequences of having no money
- i.e. homelessness, social exclusion
– successfully keeping billions in bondage
on a work-related treadmill of drudgery.
Obviously there ARE those who love their work
and/or daily activities that they perform in return for money
many have to
or
are forced to
accept work
and/or daily activities beneath their skill level
in return for money
- even though many have diplomas/degrees
and qualifications of varying kinds
but are unable to find the work they are qualified to do
and so
their work is in fact a form of abhorrent bondage
others experience
being '...born into slavery...'
- due for example to having drug addicted parents
physical '...chains...' and '...whips....' associated with past slavery
continue in various forms all over the world in 21st Century.
as in
physical violence
experienced by those in abusive relationships
often work-related
who although not '...physically chained...'
nevertheless
feel too intimated to walk away from their '...keeper...'
as well as
non-physical bondage
which uses the '...chains...' and '...whips...'
of threats and intimidation
or
fear of the consequences of having no money
- i.e. homelessness, social exclusion
– successfully keeping billions in bondage
on a work-related treadmill of drudgery.
Obviously there ARE those who love their work
and/or daily activities that they perform in return for money
many have to
or
are forced to
accept work
and/or daily activities beneath their skill level
in return for money
- even though many have diplomas/degrees
and qualifications of varying kinds
but are unable to find the work they are qualified to do
and so
their work is in fact a form of abhorrent bondage
others experience
being '...born into slavery...'
- due for example to having drug addicted parents
....it can mean persons in bondage: legal, financial, marital, fettered by chronic disease, debts, etc; also "wage slaves" locked into jobs they dislike but from which then cannot free themselves; to me it can also mean bondage to habits/compulsions/obsessions, from which it is not easy to free oneself.I think the vast majority of us are slaves. There are no physical constraits like chains and whips but there are social and govermental constraints. We spend around 70% of our lifes in education and work so we can earn money to keep ourselves alive. We have no other choice, we cannot say no. We also have to pay for our own safety. We all have to conform to social convensions so we aren't shunned by others. I'm grateful in a way that I live in a western country though, what an oxymoron.
Freedom is Neptune, an illusion.