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minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·2 months agoWe never got rid of slavery, we just made them responsible for their own food and housing.
minus-squareTrollception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·2 months agoThat’s quite disrespectful to compare what we have today to actual slavery.
minus-squareVanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoIt’s slavery with gaming qualities and objectives, like kids at a summer camp. Maybe if I get a few more tokens, I can buy a tshirt.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThat exact response prevents us from properly evaluating our situation. Wage slavery is slavery
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoyes, not every slavery, even historically, has been chattel slavery
We never got rid of slavery, we just made them responsible for their own food and housing.
That’s quite disrespectful to compare what we have today to actual slavery.
It’s slavery with gaming qualities and objectives, like kids at a summer camp. Maybe if I get a few more tokens, I can buy a tshirt.
That exact response prevents us from properly evaluating our situation.
Wage slavery is slavery
yes, not every slavery, even historically, has been chattel slavery