Would you be an indentured servant if it meant job security, healthcare, shelter, etc?
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What's the name of the book OP?
And I actually think you're not crazy. I already work hour days very often; it's the concept that sounds horrifying but in practice it's not that different from ordinary life for many people.
And I actually think you're not crazy. I already work hour days very often; it's the concept that sounds horrifying but in practice it's not that different from ordinary life for many people.
The thing is that if you give up your freedom in exchange of security you are giving them the power to take your security whenever they feel like it.
There is just no way of knowing they won't change the deal. 11 hours become 12. Your shelter then has to be shared. Then your allowance gets smaller. What could you do about it, with no freedom?
There is just no way of knowing they won't change the deal. 11 hours become 12. Your shelter then has to be shared. Then your allowance gets smaller. What could you do about it, with no freedom?
Well over here government jobs tend to be about the highest job security you can have. You're never going to make the most money but you're gonna make okay money with decent benefits. But yes I guess you have to find a place to live for yourself and make your own food *eyeroll*.
The op seemed to be particularly concerned with job security leading to the loss of all the following hence I was mentioning government jobs but if it was about getting babied for shelter and food too yep don't think there is anything like that in western civilization outside being in prison or being a kid.
About the 11 hour day thing.
If it's 11 hours a day, 5 days a week, then..... I dunno, it kinda depends I guess.
Like, my current job is a very cushy 7 hours a day, but then add 1 hour for lunch, and over an hour each way for the commute. I'm basically leaving the house at 6:30am, and getting back in at 5:30pm. Thats 11 hours engaged in 'work stuff'...... kinda.
So if your indentured megacorp job was basically on your doorstep, and wasn't some hellish back-breaking/full-on nose-to-the-grindstone slog for 11 unbroken hours, but more of a standard office job with lots of that micro-downtime that you tend to get, then...... I dunno. Doesn't sound like the worst deal ever.
No deal whatsoever if I don't get my weekends though.
If it's 11 hours a day, 5 days a week, then..... I dunno, it kinda depends I guess.
Like, my current job is a very cushy 7 hours a day, but then add 1 hour for lunch, and over an hour each way for the commute. I'm basically leaving the house at 6:30am, and getting back in at 5:30pm. Thats 11 hours engaged in 'work stuff'...... kinda.
So if your indentured megacorp job was basically on your doorstep, and wasn't some hellish back-breaking/full-on nose-to-the-grindstone slog for 11 unbroken hours, but more of a standard office job with lots of that micro-downtime that you tend to get, then...... I dunno. Doesn't sound like the worst deal ever.
No deal whatsoever if I don't get my weekends though.
No because even if you have less financial security in the free market you can maneuver yourself to getting more.
indentured servitude is immoral and debts are imagined things, i would honestly rather live alone in the woods than be bound to someone else like that
Except he didn't talk about killing people, or being killed on the job.
The vast majority of the military isn't physically killing folks or in danger of being killed on the job. There are plenty of more dangerous jobs.
Not that I think one should join the military.
No man, freedom is one of the only truly valuable things you have in life. We have a dogshit system with rife inequalities and inefficiencies but you can generally still physically be where you wanna be when you wanna be there with who you wanna be with doing what you wanna do, sans financial & biological limitations. Never give up your freedom.
My wife basically works like 11-12hr days 5 days a week in school administration.
I wouldn't do her job for her pay and she's "free".
I wouldn't do her job for her pay and she's "free".
That feels like just one step away from just straight up slavery lol. Whose to say the moment i become a servant they just alter the deal and im full on enslaved
Maybe it's better than being on the street, but a person should be free to make that choice, you know?
I already work like a slave, including the regular 11-12 hour days, and don't get shit for my effort. I'll take that life.
I mean to be honest, if you were talking military I could see the similarities (thinking about it many hours after making that post). I do still feel like bringing up government jobs in that equation misses the point of the thread though.
OP
OP
Tower of Somnus. Don't go in expecting deep sci-fi or anything. The dystopian background is just the setting for the character to play an alien MMO and get superpowers.
Sounds like a fun read, I think I'll give it a try. Thank you for the super quick answer!