It's not a matter of so-called preferences. It's a matter of interests. The capitalist state, in aggregate, always serves the interests of capital. Chattel slav

It's not a matter of so-called preferences. It's a matter of interests. The capitalist state, in aggregate, always serves the interests of capital. Chattel slavery was literally a system for producing commodities. Jim Crow laws were later enacted to undermine solidarity among workers in the south and maintain an official underclass ripe for exploitation by capital to produce commodities.