They are in fact slaves and know no other way to proceed. Either their masters will save them or burn them, and they know it, so they stay the course hoping to get away with it rather than be cast off. They can't do anything else as they've sold their souls for this bondage.
Isaiah 1:16-18
16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Make the time to get together to read. You will bothe be blessed. I suggest the Gospel of John then Matthew Mark Luke and John again and on through the New Testament. If you are heavily influenced toward an older English translation I suggest the Geneva Bible. If that particular language is a challenge right now pick an easy reader and get going. Serious intake is key. Pray for God's help consuming and understanding what you're reading. Godspeed fren.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Romans 5:6-8
6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Repugnant.