A Quick Thought on Debt

If the Bush era was marked by control on the basis of the state of exception caused by 9/11, will the Obama era be marked by control on the basis of debt?

Between crushing student debts, often in the six digits, massive credit card debt, and upside-down mortgages created by cut-throat bankers and malicious, doe-eyed real estate agents, most people are so tied down that dissent is impossible. Time to revisit this piece on modern slavery, maybe, written immediately after 9/11?