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Talking about the historical situation of slaves while referring only to ancient Rome is incredibly contrived considering slavery was alive and well not that lo
by lozenge 7y ago
Talking about the historical situation of slaves while referring only to ancient Rome is incredibly contrived considering slavery was alive and well not that long ago.
- somatic 7y ago“Slavery” doesn’t have just one configuration. It’s just a word that we sometimes use to describe certain kinds of superior-inferior relationships: master-servant, lord-peasant, employer-employee, landlord-tenant, etc. Or how about debtpeon-bank? Taxman-taxpayer... Government-citizen... State-subject... You say “slavery” and you think of “black slavery”, but do you think of the ruthlessly exploited sharecropper? How about the fresh-faced grad indentured to his debt for life? The newlywed with the mortgage on the house that cost him 10x what it cost his father? Slavery is closer than you think.