Brick kilns in Pakistan (and also Bangladesh and possibly other places) are a form of neoslavery [1]. What happens is that depserate people are forced to take a job but as part of that job they go into debt. The company provides housing? You'll have to pay that back. They provide food too. You'll have to pay that back.

That's the point. For most there is absolutely no escaping that debt so they can't possibly get out of this situation (hence "neoslavery").

This form of coercion is violence and that's the point of having a budget shortfall in your existence: to make you a compliant worker whether you want to be or not.

Another term for this (and what people think we're heading to) is neo-feudalism because we're getting closer and closer to being serfs effectively.

[1]: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/10/21/the-spiralling...