The True Reason Behind The 40-Hour Work Week & Why We Are Economic Slaves – Collective Evolution
(EV via anonhq) Economic slavery, or wage slavery, refers to one’s total and immediate dependence on wages to survive.
Although people throughout history have
had to work to get by, we now live in a culture where we are led to
believe we have economic freedom, when unbeknownst to most citizens, we
are in fact bound in servitude.We automatically accept a 40-hour
workweek with meager hourly pay as normal, even though many work
overtime and still struggle to survive. There are also those who make
enough to live comfortably but are unable to request less hours—you
either work 40 hours a week, or you don’t get to work at all. We submit
when told what to wear, when we have to arrive and depart, when we’re
allowed to eat, and even when we’re allowed to use the restroom. How is
it we have come to allow this?
had to work to get by, we now live in a culture where we are led to
believe we have economic freedom, when unbeknownst to most citizens, we
are in fact bound in servitude.
workweek with meager hourly pay as normal, even though many work
overtime and still struggle to survive. There are also those who make
enough to live comfortably but are unable to request less hours—you
either work 40 hours a week, or you don’t get to work at all. We submit
when told what to wear, when we have to arrive and depart, when we’re
allowed to eat, and even when we’re allowed to use the restroom. How is
it we have come to allow this?
