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This crewneck sweatshirt is designed for lasting comfort and an enduring message in support of ethical labor practices. Its pill-resistant fleece stays smooth and fresh wear after wear, ensuring your stance against corporate greed remains highly visible. The relaxed fit and soft, cozy fabric make it the perfect everyday piece in a dystopian "developed" country.

50% cotton, 50% polyester

NuBlend® pill-resistant fleece

Quarter-turned

High-stitch density

Fabric weight: 8 oz./yd.² (271 g/m²)

Classic unisex fit

Set-in sleeves

Double-needle stitched 1 × 1 rib collar, cuffs, and waistband

Concealed cuff seams

Blank product sourced from Honduras

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

What Is Wage Slavery?

In simple terms, wage slavery is the requirement of a job in order to live a safe and respectable life (i.e. you are nothing without a job). In socioeconomic speak, it is a condition in which people are wholly dependent on income from employment in order to make a living, often with little chance at improving their circumstances.

What Does “FREE THE WAGE SLAVES” Mean?

“FREE THE WAGE SLAVES” is a statement calling for the release of working people from the necessity of a job in order to live with dignity. In the USA, not having a job (assuming you’re not born into wealth) means you’re at the mercy of caring people in your life for food and shelter. Even worse, a 2021 UChicago study found 40 percent of unsheltered homeless Americans and 53 percent of sheltered homeless people had formal jobs in the year they were observed as homeless. A society that did not require full-time employment in order for the chance of meeting essential needs would look radically different from today’s USA.

Why Is Zander, an American Rapping About Wage Slavery?

Why would I not? I’m a wage slave! I live these raps and chances are you do too. One day, when I’m no longer living Verse 2 of “Company Time/Wage Slave,” I’ll still be mad enough to rap about how awful US quality of life is is due to corporate greed. More than I am anti-capitalist, I’m anti-greed – we should all have enough to live happily. If we don’t, we need to make more and/or share more.