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If I could give ten upvotes to this comment, I would. To be a slave is to be the formal or informal property of another. It is to be considered subhuman, and a

If I could give ten upvotes to this comment, I would. To be a slave is to be the formal or informal property of another. It is to be considered subhuman, and all the dark implications that go with that status. Pretending that the lowest pits of wage-slavery, as described in this article, does not qualify as slavery is the mark of the cruel and misshapen.

scoofy 11y ago
I never intended for this to be an argument about "who has is worse" or something like that. What's being described in the article is obviously terrible. However, by the author's own admission, the people here could get up and walk away at any time, and that they are staying merely because of a sense of duty tied to a legal fiction. This is terrible, i repeat, it's an illegal, shameful, terrible act, but it is not slavery. I'm not in anyway trying to trivialize what's happening, i'm upset because the author is clickbaiting something that doesn't need it.
- jolux 11y ago
  >However, by the author's own admission, the people here could get up and walk away at any time, and that they are staying merely because of a sense of duty tied to a legal fiction. Where the hell does it say they could just get up and walk away? Do you seriously think that the people in this situation wouldn't have done so if it were possible?
  - scoofy 11y ago
    "This debt bondage is illegal, but illiterate workers don’t know this, and the bosses are keen to play on their sense of obligation, not alert them to the scam that’s sucking them under."
    - jolux 11y ago
      Just because it's illegal doesn't mean they wouldn't be restricted from leaving. Clearly the rule of law is not strong in these areas or this wouldn't be happening in the first place!
Lawtonfogle 11y ago
>Pretending that the lowest pits of wage-slavery, Once you include wage-slavery as slavery, you open up a big question of what wage-slavery counts and what doesn't.

scoofy 11y ago

I never intended for this to be an argument about "who has is worse" or something like that. What's being described in the article is obviously terrible. However, by the author's own admission, the people here could get up and walk away at any time, and that they are staying merely because of a sense of duty tied to a legal fiction. This is terrible, i repeat, it's an illegal, shameful, terrible act, but it is not slavery. I'm not in anyway trying to trivialize what's happening, i'm upset because the author is clickbaiting something that doesn't need it.

jolux 11y ago
>However, by the author's own admission, the people here could get up and walk away at any time, and that they are staying merely because of a sense of duty tied to a legal fiction. Where the hell does it say they could just get up and walk away? Do you seriously think that the people in this situation wouldn't have done so if it were possible?
- scoofy 11y ago
  "This debt bondage is illegal, but illiterate workers don’t know this, and the bosses are keen to play on their sense of obligation, not alert them to the scam that’s sucking them under."
  - jolux 11y ago
    Just because it's illegal doesn't mean they wouldn't be restricted from leaving. Clearly the rule of law is not strong in these areas or this wouldn't be happening in the first place!

Lawtonfogle 11y ago

>Pretending that the lowest pits of wage-slavery, Once you include wage-slavery as slavery, you open up a big question of what wage-slavery counts and what doesn't.