The only slavery is mental slavery.

Even in a near-all-encompasing open-air capitalism-based concentration camp / soul harvester - there's always freedom.

You have the freedom to choose between:

A) Rejecting and beating up yourself and others and your current circumstances

B) Forgiving and accepting yourself and others and your current circumstances

A lot of loss and therefore grief comes with slavery, and the latter is a perfect formula for overcoming grief.

Stages of Grief:

0) Shock Event

1) Refusal to Understand

- incomprehension,

negation,

outright rejection

2) Resistance

- inertia,

argument,

revolt,

sabotage

3) Catharsis

- sadness,

lethargy,

despair,

depression

4) Resignation

- lack of drive,

aimlessness,

distrustful,

doubtful,

nostalgic

5) Reintegration

- acceptance of change,

realization of some benefit,

active lively engagement