russia has ditched the “empire” from the name, doesn’t mean they’ve stopped trying to be one. By that logic, DPRK is a democratic republic because it’s in the name. You can name countries literally anything.
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Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days agoI’m pretty sure they’re named United States of America, not United States of American Empire
also, how are they enslaving you exactly?
rockerface@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 6 days ago
I could explain if you want me to, but if you prefer I just deleted my post, my comment and vanished, I can also do that. All you have to do is let me know.
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
why would I want your post deleted and why would you do it if I wanted you to?
but yeah please explain how you’re enslaved
Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 6 days ago
Well I could start by explaining that I, as a Chilean citizen, am subjected to a legal framework which was built upon a constitution which was made by the people of a ruler that was put in power through a CIA Operation during the administration of Richard Nixon. This constitution, while slightly modified, is still the Chilean constitution.
Enslavement is a very nuanced thing, not a boolean variable. There are many ways in which one may be and not be a slave, but yeah, legal framework is a pretty big part of that.
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
sure that’s bad, but as long as you’re nobody’s property it’s per definition no slavery
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Not OP, but I’ll give my two cents anyway (I like the sound of my own voice… Or I guess the look of my own text in this case)
You came off a bit adversarial in the first comment. I would believe you meant to come off as curious, but unfortunately text doesn’t translate tone well.
Human decency. You could also block them, but that’s your perogative.
The US government does a lot of work to make sure slavery stays legal, they just don’t use that word. Private prisons are the most obvious example of this, but they’re also stripping freedoms and rights from individuals who have never been incarcerated. They make a show every now and then to make it seem like that that’s not what they’re doing, but if you really take a look at the policies that are getting pushed right now and have been pushed in the last few years, you’ll see it.
I can’t remember which state it is, but at least one of them are trying to pseudo-reinstate Jim Crow laws or whatever it’s called when they restrict voting. Married women, older people and the disabled are being intentionally pushed away from polls by making the ID requirements stricter. And that’s one of the tamest examples I’ve seen lately
Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 6 days ago
imo all empires are built over the hunched, broken backs of many, many slaves. With any luck it might be robots in the future, i guess.