wage slavery
- a word derived from wage slave.
Example Sentences
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You want to step out of the world of wage slavery, and set up a business of your own?
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
And writing as a vocation — despite keeping a diary — has to elbow its way past odd jobs, favors-that-end-up-paying, retail wage slavery and, for a short period, art.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2017
This would free millions from what can become "wage slavery," he said, and allow people to follow passions and creative urges.
From US News ● Feb. 2, 2016
He hailed The Jungle as the "Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery."
From Time Magazine Archive
So long as we have wage slavery," answered Schliemann, "it matters not in the least how debasing and repulsive a task may be, it is easy to find people to perform it.
From The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton
