paid work is voluntary servitude #1

These series of bloggs discuss the progression of understanding the statement 'paid work is voluntary servitude'. I am in a group of 4 people (Dave, Blair, Aleksy, and myself), and our task is to plan and produce a presentation on the above statement.
First thoughts discussed between myself and Aleksy was to try and offer certain thoughts which relate to the statement which we can follow up on. These are; to analyse the history of servitude and how it has developed and changed, this will offer insight into whether some kind of freedom or choice has been encorporated over time. What is the effect of the system within which we operate? Or in other words are we forced or influence by external forces. And finally it is worthy to note that voluntary servitude is a paradox, so to understand how this phrase could be legitimate an insight must be made into what we mean by voluntary as there are many ideas of freedom.
After discussing these thoughts we came up with sources to help us in our quest. Aleksy came up with Generation X by D.Coupland, Heavy Weather by P.G Warhouse, and You Gotta Serve Someone by Bob Dylan. I came up with Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik as this describes how society can condition human beings into instrumental means which takes away from a human being as a thinking, deliberating creature which then chooses based on his own understanding, therefore acting voluntarily. Meena(lecturer) then helped us further offering sources which were; The Sexual Contract by Carol Pateman, On Liberty byJ.S. Mill (which I will look into), and also to look into Hobbes and Rousseau.
So, this our starting point, my first job will be to analyse Fight Club and then move onto Mill to see what can be uncovered.