Imho to be a pawn means to be moved around by external strong forces.
And that can never be ok. Because every human is the god/king/creator of his own life and no one else has say in it - as long as he doesn't influence another's freedom.

What's so fucking hard about that for society?
Wouldn't it be nicer, if everyone could do whatever the fuck feels necessary for him and the society he cares about?
I've nothing against money, because it has great value in communicating, well, value.
But the imperialistic capitalism we currently ride is not even just not sustainable, it also brings misery to do many people, while we technically would have the means to prevent raid misery.

It's just stupid all around...