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Quote by Min Thu Wun
an intellectual working like a happy slave, but no more happy when treated like a slave.
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The quote describes an intellectual who appears content while doing demanding mental work, yet is still being treated as a slave. “Happy slave” is a deliberate contradiction: apparent satisfaction does not make the lack of freedom or unequal treatment acceptable. Once the person is treated openly as a slave, that happiness disappears.
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