I think it's true, modern-day slaves ( at least in the Western world) are debt-laden people serving their master 'The Bank' who lent them the money to satisfy their desires for stuff.

It all looks great from afar - a beautiful house, a good car, holidays in warm places a couple of times a year...
... but if a person cannot stop working and take a break for a couple of months, because their financial life will come crashing down, that certainly seems like a form of servitude...

And yet, that slavery is convenient, its something many of us are so accustomed to, that it would take great courage to break the mould, take a risk and do something like that person in gold... although is this really something he wants to do..?