Serfitude

The talk in their little hamlet in the province of Cosenza, where the Lanzas had been known for generations for their fine castile soap, played up America as a place where accidents of birth didn't doom you to a lifetime of serfitude[…]

Before you know it you are twitterpated and on your way to 30 years of “serfitude” working morn and night to refill a refrigerator that is the favorite meeting place ofa half-dozen fat locusts with thyroid conditions.