Principles of hidden slavery:
- Economic Coercion of Slaves to Constant Work: Modern slaves are forced to work without stopping until death, as the money earned in one month is only enough to cover housing, food, and transportation for that month. Since modern slaves always only have money for one month at a time, they are compelled to work their entire lives until death. Pensions are also a major illusion, as pensioners spend their entire pension on housing and food, leaving no disposable income.
- Artificial Demand for Pseudo-Needs: The second mechanism of hidden coercion is creating artificial demand for pseudo-needs through TV advertising, PR, and product placement in stores. Modern slaves are caught in a never-ending chase for “new products,” which forces them to constantly work.
- Credit System: The third hidden mechanism of economic coercion is the credit system, which traps modern slaves in increasing debt through “interest rates.”
- The Myth of the State: The fourth mechanism is the myth of the state. Modern slaves believe they work for the state, but in reality, they work for a pseudo-state. The money earned by slaves goes into the pockets of slave owners, and the concept of the state is used to obscure the reality, preventing slaves from asking uncomfortable questions like: Why do slaves work their whole lives and remain perpetually poor? Why don’t slaves share in the profits? And who specifically receives the money paid by slaves in the form of taxes?
- Inflation Mechanism: The fifth mechanism is inflation. Rising prices without corresponding wage increases result in hidden, unnoticed theft from slaves. Thus, modern slaves become increasingly impoverished.
- Lack of Mobility: The sixth hidden mechanism to force slaves to work for free is denying them the means to relocate and purchase property in another city or country. This forces modern slaves to work at a single, town-forming enterprise and “endure” exploitative conditions, as they have no other options and nowhere to escape.
- Concealment of Labor Value: The seventh mechanism is the concealment of the true value of a slave’s labor, the actual value of the goods produced by the slave, and the portion of the slave’s wages taken by the slave owner through accounting mechanisms. This exploitation is made possible by the slaves’ ignorance and lack of control over the surplus value appropriated by the slave owner.
- Suppression of Historical Resource Exploitation: To prevent modern slaves from demanding their share of profits or reclaiming what was earned by their ancestors, there is a suppression of the facts about the plunder of resources by slave owners, which were created by countless generations of slaves over millennia.