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Slavery is a completely different situation than the ills of late-stage capitalism.
by flerchin 5y ago
Slavery is a completely different situation than the ills of late-stage capitalism.
- imwillofficial 5y agoIs it? From my vantage point we are just serfs on the plantation.
- flerchin 5y agoChattel slavery, where you were bound, by law, to your owner, under penalty of death. vs. My student loan payments are too high, I am having a hard time building my net worth. vs. Serfs is a different thing, not slaves, but still vastly worse than 21st century ills.
- Dylan16807 5y agoYou said chattel, they didn't.
- rhizome 5y agoChattel slavery was relatively rare, and my understanding is that in most systems of slavery the slave was either working off a debt or could buy themselves out of bondage. Like you might with a student loan.