I've sold my labor hourly for my entire life, then I got sick and had to spend my savings to afford my care. I now I live off SSI, the perfect specimen of the mooch I used to despise. I was injured in a medical accident, but my healthcare provider is protected by federal law from liability.
Every asset I own has melted away in recession, war, and corruption.
What's the word I should be crying out to explain this predicament?
It feels like slavery, but nobody is whipping me.
It feels like theft, but I never really had anything tangible other than a statement every month.
It feels like I was foolish because my labor made so many others wealthy, yet I thought it was gonna be my turn if I was only I worked hard enough.
It feels like coercion cause the thought of my family going without made me work more.