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Re:Experts once predicted that Americans would face excess l... by scollet on Sunday June 19, 2022 @03:38AM (#31797118)
If you have to work to live, you are a slave.
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Re:Experts once predicted that Americans would face excess l... by wutbrodo on Sunday June 19, 2022 @12:46PM (#31800965)
I evidently misinterpreted GP's incoherent comment as claiming that we were enslaved by the entertainment itself, as some commentary about the inescapable addiction of modern media.
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Re:Experts once predicted that Americans would face excess l... by mlom on Sunday June 19, 2022 @02:29PM (#31801976)
no, it means being forced to produce entertainment for others to live is slavery, and a very degrading form of slavery. work on your own fucking reading comprehension.
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