I guess it depends on how one wants to define slavery, one could argue that slaves were employees too, because they came here as a result of their own families and governments sending them, they were provided with housing and food by our country once arrived, and of course work, they were not allowed to be citizens, and they could leave on their own free will if they were willing to pay the consequences, yet this description is the life style of an illegal immigrant.
However, I see your point too, we all choose our crosses to bear, call it work or slavery, call it the fall of man, or call it opportunity, it just a matter if one sees the glass half empty or half full as to how our strife is described.
There is a limit to capitlisim in my opinion, when it reached a point were workers cannot afford to buy a decent standard of living with the wages they earn, have no choice to work or face death (starvation or shooting, whatever) have no citizenship rights, are subsidized for their own food and shelter or healthcare by robbing the fruits of labor from other citizens , then this borders on slavery. But some may just call this poverty, I understand…
By the way thanks for letting me sound off on this, it’s a good place to let off the steam even if there are no clear answers to be found...
I don't know. I guess I still favor capitalism and free markets over any kind of system where government controls wages, prices, production, markets, capital resources, etc, etc.