
PsycHacks Episode 593: His money is my money (modern slavery)
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Feb 2, 2026 A provocative look at financial entitlement in relationships and why claiming a partner’s earnings can mean claiming their labor. The episode connects money, time, bodily autonomy, and personal freedom. It explores how financial control can restrict options and likens extreme entitlement to a form of modern slavery.
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Money As Embodied Labor
- Money represents disembodied labor and is the transfiguration of time spent working.
- Claiming another person's money is effectively claiming their time and bodily labor.
Financial Entitlement Equals Bodily Claim
- Believing you are entitled to someone else's money equates to believing you are entitled to their labor and body for your uses.
- That entitlement crosses into control over another person's actions and time.
Entitlement That Relies On Labor Is Illegitimate
- If your claimed right requires another's labor, it cannot be a legitimate right.
- Taraban labels modern financial entitlement as morally equivalent to slavery.




