Correct, except smaller pyramids, those were also for the kings only, workers building pyramids had their own cementaries iirc.

But knowledge of this fact actually makes this meme even more relatable - the people in it were closer to wage slaves like us.

Correct, conditions of the workers of the Pyramids and Temples

-8 h per day, 6 days a week

-Free housing, food and a small garden for themselves and their families

-Medical assistance and care in sick leave due to illness and accident.

-Exempt from paying taxes

-Care and assistance for the old ex-workers.

(better than today in most countries)

Slaves (mostly prisoners of war and criminals) were naturally also used, but only for basic jobs and assistance. The Pharao knew very well that if he wants a job well done, he cannot get it with slaves and in poor conditions, but with well-cared and happy professionals.

"Experience demonstrates that there may be a slavery of wages only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel slavery, and that this slavery of wages must go down with the other."

— Frederick Douglass

we’ve had in the past

we definitely still have slavery in America. Like, in America. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of companies that outsource their slavery to other countries and then ship the product here so we can pretend it's not made by slaves, but plenty of companies skip the middle man and just use slaves here

The whip makes the joke that they are slaves but it's believed it was mostly wage earners build the pyramids. The joke still stands though. I mean it's a fucking mausoleum. Wasting societies resources for a vanity project. The irony of his statement holds either way, as a wage laborer or a slave.

What literal slavery? The pyramids weren’t built with slave labor.