>Isn't regulation against slavery inherently a restriction of a free market? There is obviously violent coercion baked into it, but from an economic perspective

>Isn't regulation against slavery inherently a restriction of a free market? There is obviously violent coercion baked into it, but from an economic perspective, it is basically an elimination of minimum wage which is an artificial limitation on the market. What? Slavery = free market? Are you serious? Free market has voluntary exchange. I'd like you to apologize for deliberately debating in bad faith, otherwise we can just stop here. >it [slavery] is basically an elimination of minimum wage which is an artificial limitation on the market. Someone as intelligent as you doesn't need to be explained this, but I will feed the troll for a moment and make it obvious: Free market: A: OK bob, we're setting your wage to zero. Make sure to hit production today. B: Nah fuck off, EvilCo down the street will pay me 20 Wulans an hour, but my daughter might volunteer for free to work with the CapitalistFuckwad Engineering division on a charity project to help with her college application. Slavery: A: OK bob, we're setting your wage to zero. Make sure to hit production today. We'll be changing the code to the cage for your children today, so if you don't hit production we'll be auctioning them off without telling you the code. B: Yes sire, can I tickle your balls as well in exchange for you allowing to see my wife for 5 minutes in the conjugal visit cage? A: Great, our labor prices and price to consumers are so much lower now than back when we were called CapitalistFuckwad enterprises and the dopes working for us could actually walk away when we tried paying them zero. Bob's daughter's charity work was great so I can't wait to use the cattle prod to entice her to work on the real meat and potatoes.