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“The life of the businessman is worse than that of the galley slave — his chains are golden instead of iron.” p. 1
Gold is still better than iron??

Maybe the insinuation is that gold physically outweighs iron which symbolizes the extra burden of businessman in comparison to that of the galley slave. Iron also rusts. Gold doesn’t -> The businessman’s suffering is eternal while the slave escapes it with age