Anyone who must labor every day and exchange their time for wages is a wage slave to the rent seeking capital commanders.
Zapped. Perhaps just because you used the word proletariat. So few realize the definition fits them.
Discussion
There is this though…being wealthy isn’t in itself inherently satisfying. I retired a decade ago and still work my ass off every day.
I agree. But people will never believe this. This message they learn from teachers, church leaders, and mentors. But the opposing argument that consumption makes you happy is peddled by the entire market economy, social media, Hollywood, corporate sales campaigns, etc. Moral arguments are painted over with arguments that serve capital and profit.
It takes a thoughtful person and a person who reads continuously to discover this for themselves, and to overcome the successful marketing of corporations looking to push product upon them