The deeper issue is not work, but money. Modern life requires currency to function, yet the value of that currency is not determined by the people who depend on it. It is shaped by systems above them — governments, central banks, and institutions that can create or dilute money at will. Your labour is real life energy, but the unit you are paid in is unstable. When a third of your time goes to taxes, and much of the rest goes toward basic survival, are we truly free, or have we simply learned to