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The reason people buckle is because they are victims of their desires/wants or in other words, they are attached or identified with physical possessions (want a big house, SUV, latest phone etc). As long as this is the case, people will eventually succumb and this is what the people at the top are counting on. Once you get out of the hold of your desires/wants, nobody can have any power over you.

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People buckle because they are victims of NEEDS. If I didn't have marketable skills, or if I existed in a market which was oversaturated with people as skilled as myself, sure, I could argue with my boss or exercise my powers, but that means risking a job loss. I'd be replaced by someone as capable, but with less inclination to argue. My 'wants' might include such things as, "being able to eat," and, "not sleeping on the street." Sure, it's possible to get overzealous with one's aspirations for physical goods, but I think that overlooks the authentic fear that many people have over being in a precarious financial situation.

This is a self-fulfilling prophecy in a society with too-free capitalism and non-self-confident citizens.

The government should apply regulation to not let this prophecy become reality, for else money will steer the people, not rational thought.

I'd rather plant my own food than to buckle for money. The more people think like that, the better we all will be off. This is not binary.

Do not forget that the company needs you, too.

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