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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by mise_en_place on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:15AM (#30538077)
Slavery is perhaps not the right word, but prisoner could be. That’s why they are called “golden” handcuffs. Very few people escape this prison, but it is indeed possible and doesn’t require going out into the woods and becoming a hermit.

To continue the analogy, isn’t the jailer/warden also a prisoner? He too is stuck in the prison, perhaps for different reasons but stuck nonetheless.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by kmonsen on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:02AM (#30538363)
Just like you are not a slave the warden is not a prisoner since he can go home every day, and can choose to stop working there if he doesn’t like the place.

Choice is what prisoners and slaves don’t have, and we have plenty of both.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by johnnyanmac on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:40PM (#30544072)
More like a walled garden. You have duties to uphold, but you have plenty of freedom to leave. but you know the outside world will be difficult until you find the next oasis to give your duties to.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by Scea91 on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:18AM (#30538511)
No, still not the right word. Both those words have a meaninh vastly different from voluntary employment.

This reminds me of unvaxxed people pinning yellow stars to liken the situation that they cant visit cinema to holocaust

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