▲ 86 ▼ West refuses to condemn slavery at UN (www.geopoliticaleconomy.report) submitted 7 months ago by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] howmuchlonger@lemmy.org -3 points 7 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago (1 child) You could certainly argue that debt slavery makes anyone who isn’t a capitalist a slave, but I mean: except as a punishment for crime Slavery, even outside of debt slavery, continues to exist in the USA. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] howmuchlonger@lemmy.org -7 points 7 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago* You can make the points you're making about wage slavery, but you're conveying it a way that seems like you're saying it's same as chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, and it sounds like you're minimizing just how much suffering it caused (and still does) permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago (1 child) You could certainly argue that debt slavery makes anyone who isn’t a capitalist a slave, but I mean: except as a punishment for crime Slavery, even outside of debt slavery, continues to exist in the USA. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] howmuchlonger@lemmy.org -7 points 7 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago* You can make the points you're making about wage slavery, but you're conveying it a way that seems like you're saying it's same as chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, and it sounds like you're minimizing just how much suffering it caused (and still does) permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] howmuchlonger@lemmy.org -7 points 7 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago* You can make the points you're making about wage slavery, but you're conveying it a way that seems like you're saying it's same as chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, and it sounds like you're minimizing just how much suffering it caused (and still does) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago* You can make the points you're making about wage slavery, but you're conveying it a way that seems like you're saying it's same as chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, and it sounds like you're minimizing just how much suffering it caused (and still does) permalink fedilink source parent