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If you're talking about US chattel slavery, your comparison is way off base and you should probably edit your post. Instead of firing an "underperforming" slave
by Impossible 7y ago
If you're talking about US chattel slavery, your comparison is way off base and you should probably edit your post. Instead of firing an "underperforming" slave they could be legally murdered. Because all descendants were owned by the master indefinitely they could freely breed and rape "top performers" like animals in order to produce more slaves. When we end up with a corporate system that allows for that level of control of life or death in normal circumstances then maybe you can make your comparison. Institutionalized burn out is not it though.
- abacadaba 7y agoYes but slaves were expensive. You'd go broke if you just murdered all of them.
- Impossible 7y agoOk torture them into submission then. Still significantly worse than burning someone out in a modern corporate job.
- mistermann 7y agoIn history, was torture a preferred approach compared to treating them relatively well, considering the absurd circumstances?
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoRead Huckelberry Finn, Jim was treated relatively well, however his family was sold away from him, he did not get to see his wife or daughter because it was valuable to the Widow to sell them. Finally he was going to be sold anyway, to somewhere where he would have the high probability of not being treated relatively well. To be treated relatively well as a slave was a living hell, or as it is generally called, slavery. Damn, I suppose now someone is going to complain about long working hours meaning you never get to see your family anyway.
- trevyn 7y agoI couldn’t easily find info on how accurate a portrayal this particular work is, but I think using a work of fiction as historical reference requires a bit of extra care.
- sameerds 7y agoI know this adds nothing to the discussion, but the level of restraint and politeness in the parent comment caused me to pause and reflect a bit.