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The example you've cited, while good food for thought, is an example of replacing one horrendous law (slavery was once backed by the force of law in the US) wit
by noarchy 8y ago
The example you've cited, while good food for thought, is an example of replacing one horrendous law (slavery was once backed by the force of law in the US) with an admittedly much better law.
- anoncake 8y agoYou dont need a separate law for slavery to exist. If 1. freedom of contract is unrestricted and 2. parents are allowed to make decisions for their children and enter contracts in their name, then: * Someone can sell themselves into, or otherwise enter, slavery. * When that slave has a child, the owner can order them to enter a contract in the childs name that makes the child a slave. Serfdom started in a similar manner, at least in some places: A free peasant agreed to become a serf in exchange for protection, then their descendants inherited that status.