[obstinate]

> Even the Stoics

You say this like we'd expect the Stoics to be especially unlikely to regard something as a form of slavery. I don't know that to be true. Is it?

[zenogais]

In my experience a lot of entrepreneurs/entrepreneur literature preaches Stoic philosophies:

[1]: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2009/04/13/stoicism-101-a-practi...

[2]: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238146

[3]: http://mfishbein.com/stoicism-entrepreneurship/

[dreamfactory2]

I say it like it's far from an extreme or outlying view in the wider sweep of history. The idea that just about everybody should be an employee is a very recent one