TimboSlice@discuss.online to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe American Dreamdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down135
arrow-up11.36Karrow-down1imageThe American Dreamdiscuss.onlineTimboSlice@discuss.online to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·1 month agoWe never got rid of slavery, we just made them responsible for their own food and housing.
minus-squareTrollception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·1 month agoThat’s quite disrespectful to compare what we have today to actual slavery.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoThat exact response prevents us from properly evaluating our situation. Wage slavery is slavery
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoyes, not every slavery, even historically, has been chattel slavery
minus-squareVanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 month 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.
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.
That exact response prevents us from properly evaluating our situation.
Wage slavery is slavery
yes, not every slavery, even historically, has been chattel 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.