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		VMG on Sept 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave This is why I criticize using the term "wage slave". People actually think the lives of people who literally didn't have any human rights and were bought and sold as property are comparable to people who work under poor conditions. The author mentions that she earned $60 a day after taxes.

nodata on Sept 23, 2012 [–]

> This is why I criticize using the term "wage slave".

But "slave" != "wage slave", as explained in the Wikipedia article linked above.

VMG on Sept 23, 2012 | [–]

> But "slave" != "wage slave"

Exactly my point.

ktizo on Sept 24, 2012 | | [–]

You have no point. The term wage slave has been around since the industrial revolution and has a very well understood meaning.

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