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> Now the question is - when you and your family depend on one entity, i.e corporation that has hired you, are you not a slave to them? It depends on if there

by lprubin 10y ago

> Now the question is - when you and your family depend on one entity, i.e corporation that has hired you, are you not a slave to them? It depends on if there are other viable/satisfactory (or better) options that you can voluntarily switch to.

6d6b73 10y ago
But switching might not be that easy. When you have kids in schools, your wife helps at a local X , and your parents depend on health care provided by the corp, it could be virtually impossible for a person to switch.
- lotu 10y ago
  Comparing the inconvince of having to switch schools, not being able to volunteer and depending on healtcare/insurance to slavery is a massive insult to people that where and are actual slaves. Actual slaves did not legally own themselves or their children. Their owners can did take children, parents, and spouse and sell them to different slaveholders so they would never see each other again. A slave could not say fuck this my master is rapping and beating me daily so I'm just going to leave. If you want to a simple question to determine if someone is slave or not ask what happens if punch your boss in the face. An employe will be fired and never work their ever again, a slave will have to continue to work their for the rest of their life.
  - 6d6b73 10y ago
    True, but there are different levels/types of slavery.
    - lprubin 10y ago
      If that's the definition of slavery you're using, do you feel that there is anybody who is not some level of enslaved? Honestly asking.
      - 6d6b73 10y ago
        To define slavery first we would need to define freedom. I think you can agree with me that everyone defines freedom differently. For a person born into slavery, freedom will have a different meaning than for a person that never knew slavery, hunger or misery. I know that this is really a non-answer, but honestly I don't feel qualified to even attempt to define what slavery is and what it isn't.
  - Qwertious 10y ago
    That definition of slavery is debated - the phrase "wage slavery" being key.

by lprubin 10y ago

6d6b73 10y ago

But switching might not be that easy. When you have kids in schools, your wife helps at a local X , and your parents depend on health care provided by the corp, it could be virtually impossible for a person to switch.

lotu 10y ago
Comparing the inconvince of having to switch schools, not being able to volunteer and depending on healtcare/insurance to slavery is a massive insult to people that where and are actual slaves. Actual slaves did not legally own themselves or their children. Their owners can did take children, parents, and spouse and sell them to different slaveholders so they would never see each other again. A slave could not say fuck this my master is rapping and beating me daily so I'm just going to leave. If you want to a simple question to determine if someone is slave or not ask what happens if punch your boss in the face. An employe will be fired and never work their ever again, a slave will have to continue to work their for the rest of their life.
- 6d6b73 10y ago
  True, but there are different levels/types of slavery.
  - lprubin 10y ago
    If that's the definition of slavery you're using, do you feel that there is anybody who is not some level of enslaved? Honestly asking.
    - 6d6b73 10y ago
      To define slavery first we would need to define freedom. I think you can agree with me that everyone defines freedom differently. For a person born into slavery, freedom will have a different meaning than for a person that never knew slavery, hunger or misery. I know that this is really a non-answer, but honestly I don't feel qualified to even attempt to define what slavery is and what it isn't.
- Qwertious 10y ago
  That definition of slavery is debated - the phrase "wage slavery" being key.