Nobody is claiming you will be free of all shackles. Everyone has only a slim margin of subjectivity they can use to control the course of their life. An incomplete list of things to which we are subjected, largely outside of our control (which we might call shackles):
* Severe medical problems, some resulting in instant death (like an aneurysm rupturing)
* Accidents resulting in damage to your person, especially car accidents
* Disability, ethnic makeup, sexual preference, parental social class, etc. which restrict opportunities available to you in our current society
We aren't talking about any of that. We are talking about things which fall within our margin of subjectivity, which for some fortunate people (especially highly-paid software engineers) includes work. To deny this reality and the terms of your participation is to live inauthentically.
* Severe medical problems, some resulting in instant death (like an aneurysm rupturing)
* Accidents resulting in damage to your person, especially car accidents
* Disability, ethnic makeup, sexual preference, parental social class, etc. which restrict opportunities available to you in our current society
We aren't talking about any of that. We are talking about things which fall within our margin of subjectivity, which for some fortunate people (especially highly-paid software engineers) includes work. To deny this reality and the terms of your participation is to live inauthentically.