Fringe Benefits and Endentured Servitude

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Endentured Servitude was a practice where an unskilled person would sign a contract that requires so many years of service in return for training, room and board. After the contract was signed, the worker was pretty much at the mercy of the employer until the time of endenture expired and the worker was free to move on. We don't have endentured servitude anymore, but from what I've seen, we willingly impose the same restrictions on ourselves. I know a lot of people who just hate their jobs. They hate waking up in the morning because it just means they have to get ready for a rotten day. They would love to quit, but they feel they can't.. why? Because, while the work stinks, the boss is a slave driver and their coworkers all suck... They would lose their benefits if they quit. So, what's the difference? The only difference is, the modern worker still has the right to quit... but if quitting isn't an option their willing to take, the outcome is the same. In other words, we have become so dependent on what our employers provide for us, we aren't willing to take matters into our own hands and move on.