Wage Slavery Broke My Spirit

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I remember being less than 12 years old thinking about why I couldn’t find a single adult that was happy with their life. And why they all seemed so insistent on making me follow them… I was like this is obviously not working for you. Why do you want me to do the same thing?

Just to illustrate how universal and timeless what you’re saying is: at one time people in Europe were so tired of wage slavery that they risked everything to move to America. Having a small patch of land of their own and risking starvation, attack, and disease was preferable to working in some mill.

"I don't have the energy to care." Damn, that hit harder than it should have.

I lost my job at the start of the pandemic, but since I got severance I decided to stay at home for a year, wait it all out. Without doing that I would have never realized how great it was not going to the office every day. I could stay up late if I wanted and sleep in, no corporation was controlling what I am doing or when. I had 9 more years to retirement, but decided to live frugally and retire early. Only now after several years of being off I realize how ridiculous it all was. Any work success was fleeting, accomplishments ment nothing in the long run, it will all be forgotten or wiped. All those important milestones look so banal now.

I quit my job the day I was literally screaming in parking lot before clock in. Ppl gave me odd looks and I knew it was over.

Before the pandemic i used to cry on my way to work often. Adding being a single parent with no support from anyone to being a wage slave is truly depressing

I feel ya. I switched to working from home, which has helped a lot, but working 40 hours a week is still soul-sucking and makes me wonder what the point of being alive is? Seems stupid to waste so much of our lives doing something we hate. At least when I work from home, I can watch movies, read and listen to music in between work tasks. It’s so much better than working in person where you have to look busy even when you’re not and you have to have shallow chit-chat with the other wage slaves.

I am a 74-year-old retired woman who worked full-time for nearly 40 years. I started working at 20, and throughout my twenties i felt just like you do. A male co-worker in his 40s told me, "Work is a necessary evil. Any workplace you go to will essentially be the same." And he wss right. Earning money is the biggest life task. There is no escaping it unless you were born in a wealthy family or luckily find a way to get rich. The sad reality is that a person must either have to learn how to play the game or lower his or her standards and expectations. I fought reality for years, and i now regret not accepting this truth earlier, when i could put the emotional energy i wasted into developing, emphasizing, and enjoying my personal life.

"spending all day in an office sort of programs a person" This is so true. I'm 30 years old. I have been working a 9-5 for about 1 year now. It's my first ever corporate job. I vividly remember the day when I first signed the contract. It was emotionally devastating as I knew exactly that I signed up for a life of slavery and misery. I'm not the kind of a person to work under other people, but I had to do it because I had no choice at all. To this day, I cannot wrap my head around how people come to the office like sheep laughing and smiling while being paid minimum wage that's barely enough for one week like they had their brains switched off. Like you mentioned, all they ever talk about is football, weather, and inane stuff no one actually cares about. I have hated every single moment at work from the moment I signed that contract. I'm currently trying to find a side hustle that will allow me to escape this prison in the future. Thank you for the video. I really appreciate it.

We are becoming wiser to the wage slavery every day. It will not last forever.

Once upon a time we worked hard just for food and shelter. Now we work hard for food, shelter, technology, trinkets, shiny things. They keep you in debt so you have no choice. The only way to win is to not participate.

Thank you for saying what so many of us have felt. I worked in the corporate world for thirty years, and I hated every minute of it, but that was an era that so many said I should "feel lucky" to have a paycheck. I could never relate to that, as the corporate world felt so opposite of any type of healthy emotional intelligence; it was toxic, egotistic, greedy, ruthless, bullying, overworked, constantly crossed my boundaries and narcissistic and power hungry. I finally quit after having a breakdown. I will never go back to working for anyone else ever again.

As a man in my 40"s this really resonated with me. I to want to escape wage slavery just don't know how to do and feel like time is running out. Thank you for this video and best of luck escaping this wage slavery.

You're absolutely so correct but honestly,this life itself,is a prison sentence.

I'm burnout. I can't study, play games, watch movies, listen to music. Nothing. It's like I've become a robot.

When I got my first real job after college I could not believe I would have to do this for years... I was so shocked of the politics in the work place. So annoying.

I live a simple life in a studio and selling it soon for an even smaller studio to minimise my debt and bills and finally start working on what i like to do. I have always hated working for other people and the inefficient and stupid rules they impose on you. After a while you become institutionalised and don't even know what you enjoy doing anymore. I am glad i will be able to escape this nightmare called office work before 40

Exactly!!!! I just had to leave IT. My health was so bad. My heart started actually failing. I quit my career in IT and I became a professional artist. For a few months I was blaming myself, calling myself irresponsible. I had regrets. I felt like somebody who was not normal because suddenly I was out of 9 - 5 regime. Then it stopped. It's very scary out there - out of the rat-race because not so many people dare so you are almost alone out there. But the fear is worth it and I never coming back. I feel so happy after all those years of feeling deeply depressed trapped in the darkness. A professional artist and designer. Gosh, I love it.

At 52 I left my job 1 month ago. I'm technically homeless living in an RV on the street. I've never been happier and never want to work for anyone ever again.