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You can't possibly be even half-serious with that analogy, can you? My knowledge of History is spotty, but I don't recall slaves and indentured servants being
by tvon 17y ago
You can't possibly be even half-serious with that analogy, can you?
My knowledge of History is spotty, but I don't recall slaves and indentured servants being able to pick what plantation they serve, or having the option to pack up shop and move on to greener pastures when they felt like it.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoI was actually echoing Tim Bray's use of the term "sharecropper" (http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePlace http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePla...), and the historical sharecroppers could choose their location and move onto other areas and indeed were often forced out when better use for the land was found. I accept the use of plantation is confusing, given its association with slavery, though I believe tenant plantation was an actual historical term. I mostly used it because of plantation/platform similarity of sound.