I would say this is an attempt on their part not to put slavery in a better light, but to minimize the immorality of wage labor. Slavery requires force to captu

I would say this is an attempt on their part not to put slavery in a better light, but to minimize the immorality of wage labor. Slavery requires force to capture people and to keep them from escaping. Wage labor replaces that entire system of work with one where people will volunteer, even compete, to be exploited and can be discarded at the whims of employers. Kevin Bales' _Disposable People_ [1] goes into this theme in depth. 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178676.Disposable_People https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178676.Disposable_People