Not in the definition you mean, nor they mean. But they are slaves. They are slaves to the idea that they are owed something. They are slaves to the party of the democrats, they are slaves to welfare. Yes, they are slaves indeed. By their own choice.
I had thoughts along that line, but not the words to express ...
to take your line of thinking one step further ..
they are slaves to sin.
And there’s only one cure for that.