It did not want to extend to them their full humanity—that was clear. But as long as she didn’t open her mouth, ask for too much, or rock the boat, she could stay. As long as she could agree to exist only in a certain way. Like, half a person.
It wants the worker, not the person. Just as it fought about in the 1800s. Work, the ultimate virtue. Rooted in Puritanism?
