EMPLOYED AND ENSLAVED: EARNING ENOUGH TO GET BY BUT NEVER TO LIVE AND FLOURISH!
What’s the definition of a slave?
According to www.dictionary.com a slave is a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. What's an employee? Let's answer that below.
According to the workload website Labour relations act "the manner in which the person works is subject to the control or direction of another person.
The factor of control or direction will generally be present if the applicant is required to OBEY the lawful and reasonable COMMANDS, orders or instructions of the employer or the employer's personnel (for example, managers or supervisors) as to the manner in which they are to work."
A slave works for the betterment and enrichment of their master. An employee also works for the betterment and enrichment of their employer. Both are working and remain dependent on their superiors.
What's the difference between a slave and an employee?
I suppose the answer to this question is subjective. Based on the quoted sentences above it is clear where my stance is regarding answering this question.
In my opinion there's a minor difference between the two. Being an employee gives one an option of quitting. The results thereof however may be dire unless one is leaving one form of slavery for the other.
How do we see a slave in the 21st century?
Being a slave in the 21st century is window dressed to a point of attracting people into it. Selling your time for money just so that you could spend the money when you have time is madness. The time never comes. If it does it's not enough.
Nothing is more precious, important and equivalent to time, to your time.
What's even worse is selling your time for money only to find that it's not enough and then you end up taking out loans to cover whatever it is that you want or need to cover with money that's not yours.
Insanity then begins when for the better part of your years you end up working to make money to pay off loans that you are going to end taking out again… and so the circle continues.
You are now forever enslaved to your job and to the banks.
Interpret this post however you wish. The purpose of this is to get you thinking about life.
I'm hoping that this blog gets decent exposure and reception so that I can write a follow up blog explaining the difference between employment, AKA slavery, and a 'calling'.
We are leaving in a matrix. It’s time to wake up and set ourselves free… I'm trying…
I like your analog. The question then becomes can you really leave. While you are technically free to leave, as you point out, other financial obligation often prevent that from being a viable option at the time.
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Great post. Its a worldwide issue while the people stand idle watching innocent people die in the name of basic human rights and better living conditions like gaza. Thank you for transmuting this common problem some may not think is common!
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Very interesting comparison. As you rightly said, the only difference is the option to leave, all other aspects being very similar.
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Leaving will lead to undesired consequences so a solid plan of action really needs to be in place before leaving too.
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One way or another we are all slaves to something, whether work situation or becoming a slave to another driven passion @solomonsel
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That's true but I'd rather be a slave to building my own empire rather than being that and building someone else's.
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This is exactly why I left my employer after 15 years of service. But more on that in future articles. https://steemit.com/schoolofminnows/@shadowolfdg/why-i-am-leaving-my-employer-after-15-years-to-run-my-own-business-part-1-genesis
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It's really madness when our freedom is been controlled by some unnecessary commitments
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Makes us question if we are really free...
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Real deep man, I feel the same way too. I am trying to escape the matrix.
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It's hard to do that but not impossible. Just have to grind hard.
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well written article thanks for this mate!
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It's a pleasure. Thank you for reading.
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This is why entrepreneurs are the pinnacle of success.
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Not only entrepreneurs but also investors. Those are the goals.
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