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Maybe we should leave slavery up to the states too. Surely there are at least 20 states that would want to ban it locally.
by tdeck 2y ago
Maybe we should leave slavery up to the states too. Surely there are at least 20 states that would want to ban it locally.
- unclad5968 2y agoI'm against non-competes, but likening them to slavery seems distasteful. I'm not sure they infringe on people's freedoms or rather a specific people's freedoms the way slavery did/does. No one is going to secede over non-competes.
- jfengel 2y agoIt illustrates the way the "leave it up to the states" argument grates on some ears. It's a slippery slope argument, which is not automatically faulty. It is a call to know how you expect things to not slide down. If the suggestion is "anything shy of complete chattel slavery", people get worried.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoWhy have states at all then? Why not just one giant national government?
- Uvix 2y agoThe US has been that since 1861.
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- SpaceNugget 2y agoWhy have a federal government at all if states are perfectly well suited to all forms of human rights oversight, lawmaking, etc?
- int_19h 2y agoCollective defense?
- gamblor956 2y agoIn living memory, at least 3 SCOTUS judges have stated that slavery is legal and should not have been ended. Two of those justices currently sit on the Supreme Court.
- gotoeleven 2y agoPlease cite.
- hedora 2y agoI’m not the person you are replying to, but California had a ballot initiative that would finally eliminated slavery in California in 2024. It failed. If you think the US completely banned slavery, or that slavery is unpopular, you’re misinformed.
- gotoeleven 2y agoWell that was about forced labor in prisons which is a bit different.
- itsanaccount 2y agoRestricting the slave owner to the state (+ leasing to businesses) does not make it not slavery. I can't believe I have to say this.
- lazide 2y agoTo quote a well known (fictional) sociopath - ‘what’s to prove? It’s free labor!’
- unclad5968 2y agoWhat does that have to do with non-competes?
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- outside2344 2y agoReally? If you are an employee of Microsoft, how is it possible not to run afoul of a non-compete in tech for example?