“Your job is a modern form of indentured servitude — you're just trading 40 years of your life for the illusion of freedom at 65”
Agree
- Most people hate their jobs daily
- Retirement age keeps getting pushed back
- Can't survive without employer healthcare
- Economic mobility is basically dead now
- Trading prime years for decline years
Disagree
- You can change jobs and careers
- Many people find meaning through work
- Actual slavery existed and was worse
- Build skills and autonomy over time
- Early retirement is possible with discipline
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