"The comic is getting at that the current conditions of wage slavery (which is slavery)"
Absolute nonsense. Go ahead; tell me, with a straight face, that a modern worker, who is entirely free to quit, is going through something even vaguely comparable to what this man endured:
https://vintagenewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/gordon-slave-whipped20peter-1-1-396x381.jpg