Comment on Slavery was abolished, so the rich are now trying to make economic oppression the equivalent of slavery.

• gowan@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  You know how you don’t think a monkey is the same thing as a human? It’s like that, slaves were seen as smarter than a monkey but not people.

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  • hark@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Again, that makes little to no practical difference to the slave, they’re getting abused just the same.

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    • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Point to the time where prisoners in the U.S. were stacked up on boats and shipped across the Atlantic for months at a time.

      You don’t see prisoners treated like cargo here. Don’t get me wrong, they aren’t treated well, but there are certain factors here that I don’t think you’re considering.

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    • gowan@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      It makes difference in the kind of treatment they can expect. You likely are less concerned with your pet’s opinions of things than your family fir example because they are people.

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