Word info

wage slavery

Noun

Meaning

wage slavery (uncountable)

(derogatory) Employment with very low income, or dependence on wages for survival.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Social mobility, or the hard work and risk that it may entail, are thus not considered to be a redeeming factor by critics of the concept of wage slavery. Source: Internet

The imagery of wage slavery was widely used by labor organizations during the mid-19th century to object to the lack of workers' self-management. Source: Internet

But I wonder why you are so uncritical of institutions like the nuclear family and “corporate capitalism”/”wage slavery”/whatever else you’d want to call the current economic system. Source: Internet

This was partially due to slave psychological strategies under an economic system different from capitalist wage slavery. Source: Internet

This work was considered prestigious–good,clean work in pleasant surroundings which paid better than factory wage slavery. Source: Internet

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