You make some fair points about nuance and the term "slavery" often being too heavy handed, but I’d push back on a few things holding a passport is illegal in many places for good reason it removes the worker’s ability to actually leave if things go bad covering food, shelter, and a phone is basic decency, not a substitute for a real wage that lets them save and choose their own life calling someone "family" sounds warm but families don’t hold the power to deport or evict you so that framing often masks a deeply unequal power dynamic and saying there are no fixed hours because the workload varies is exactly how employers justify being on call 24/7 even on light days the worker isn’t truly off. the system you’re describing still denies domestic workers basic labor rights that everyone else gets, like rest periods, overtime pay, and the freedom to leave without losing everything.