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>The fact that you (Americans) feel enslaved is because you choose to elect a government that doesn't care about any of that.

It really depends on the income-strata that you occupy, I feel. Hourly, physical laborers and service workers seem to suffer under a system that prima facie makes you wonder what century you're in. On the other end, salaried and technical knowledge workers enjoy quite a flexible arrange of time off policies, relaxed working times, and great health benefits. And then everything in between. I would like to think that only one of these camps feel enslaved.

Americans do have this problem of not taking enough vacations though. But I think there is some cultural component to that...