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Slavery isn't a thing of the past. There are more slaves in the world now than at any point in the past.

by adamnemecek 8y ago

psergeant 8y ago
Slavery as a state-sponsored endeavour pretty much is, though.
- adamnemecek 8y ago
  Does state-sponsorship matter? Also idk if this is true.
- deleted 8y ago
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- gt_ 8y ago
  In the absence of land to call home, one is only free when at sea. And in the absence of a boat to float, one will sink. Yes, master. I will make due with life on the brink.
fecundita 8y ago
You DO know that the very word "Slavery" has a very specific meaning here in the United States, yes. When the word "Slavery" is thrown around in conversation, here in America, in English, it specifically means only one thing, and it only ever means that specific thing. Not unlike "Holocaust" only ever having one meaning. You can choose to qualify "Nuclear Holocaust" and that will technically mean something else, although even that catches heat, and "Nuclear Armageddon" is preferred, especially by survivors. So, go ahead and qualify "Cybernetic Slavery" or "Sex Slavery" or some such subgroup thereof, but even then, dilution of the term with qualifiers may still catch some flak. Probably "bondage" or "indentured servitude" or "traffiking" or "imprisonment" combined with "forced labor" will more accurately describe what you're trying to communicate to American audiences. When the word "Slavery" is used in America, it only means institutionalized laws endorsed by The U.S. Government, to specifically target Black People and only Black People, and deny them a normal existence among peers.
- adamnemecek 8y ago
  > You DO know that the very word "Slavery" has a very specific meaning here in the United States, yes. It might to some people. I consider those people to be somewhat wrong. Slavery has happened for a long time before Atlantic slave trade and didn't end with it. > Probably "bondage" or "indentured servitude" or "traffiking" or "imprisonment" combined with "forced labor" will more accurately describe what you're trying to communicate to American audiences. bondage: slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bondage https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bondage) > When the word "Slavery" is used in America, it only means institutionalized laws endorsed by The U.S. Government, to specifically target Black People and only Black People, and deny them a normal existence among peers. Ok? Other countries have had slavery until much later (e.g. India until 1970's). What's your point. The reason why American slavery is getting so much attention is due to the clear racial divide between the two classes of people. This somehow makes it more morally reprehensible than other forms of slavery? There's no trademark on the word "slavery" right? Stop making it seem like there is.

Slavery isn't a thing of the past. There are more slaves in the world now than at any point in the past.

psergeant 8y ago

Slavery as a state-sponsored endeavour pretty much is, though.

adamnemecek 8y ago
Does state-sponsorship matter? Also idk if this is true.
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gt_ 8y ago
In the absence of land to call home, one is only free when at sea. And in the absence of a boat to float, one will sink. Yes, master. I will make due with life on the brink.

fecundita 8y ago

You DO know that the very word "Slavery" has a very specific meaning here in the United States, yes. When the word "Slavery" is thrown around in conversation, here in America, in English, it specifically means only one thing, and it only ever means that specific thing. Not unlike "Holocaust" only ever having one meaning. You can choose to qualify "Nuclear Holocaust" and that will technically mean something else, although even that catches heat, and "Nuclear Armageddon" is preferred, especially by survivors. So, go ahead and qualify "Cybernetic Slavery" or "Sex Slavery" or some such subgroup thereof, but even then, dilution of the term with qualifiers may still catch some flak. Probably "bondage" or "indentured servitude" or "traffiking" or "imprisonment" combined with "forced labor" will more accurately describe what you're trying to communicate to American audiences. When the word "Slavery" is used in America, it only means institutionalized laws endorsed by The U.S. Government, to specifically target Black People and only Black People, and deny them a normal existence among peers.

adamnemecek 8y ago
> You DO know that the very word "Slavery" has a very specific meaning here in the United States, yes. It might to some people. I consider those people to be somewhat wrong. Slavery has happened for a long time before Atlantic slave trade and didn't end with it. > Probably "bondage" or "indentured servitude" or "traffiking" or "imprisonment" combined with "forced labor" will more accurately describe what you're trying to communicate to American audiences. bondage: slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bondage https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bondage) > When the word "Slavery" is used in America, it only means institutionalized laws endorsed by The U.S. Government, to specifically target Black People and only Black People, and deny them a normal existence among peers. Ok? Other countries have had slavery until much later (e.g. India until 1970's). What's your point. The reason why American slavery is getting so much attention is due to the clear racial divide between the two classes of people. This somehow makes it more morally reprehensible than other forms of slavery? There's no trademark on the word "slavery" right? Stop making it seem like there is.