people have owned slaves for a very long time. Captives from wars always seem to have ended up as slaves. Rome had slaves. The MIddle Ages had slaves. I have seen a film about the houses in Africa where slaves departed for the US. I think that one was from Guinee or from Mali, it was not in Benin. I had already wondered, how Europe…
people have owned slaves for a very long time. Captives from wars always seem to have ended up as slaves. Rome had slaves. The MIddle Ages had slaves. I have seen a film about the houses in Africa where slaves departed for the US. I think that one was from Guinee or from Mali, it was not in Benin. I had already wondered, how Europeans would venture into the wilderness and capture healthy young men and women. They would get lost, and be unable to catch any of the natives I am sure. As for mistreating people - that is not new, either. How many people are harassed at work? Is paying your employees an wage too low to live off, slavery? Is it right not to give your employees paid vacation? paid sick time? Europe is in these things way ahead of the US. They have 4 weeks of paid vacation, a number of paid holidays (Christmas, Easter monday, national holidays) and a secure income even when you get sick. Here - nothing ! I know several people who don't even get a retirement. It looks admirable that people work till they are 100, but they might need to or they die for hunger ! Is that not a kind of slavery ?
Even if you're paid a "living wage," in many businesses you are still a slave. They downsize the department until you have to work many hours greater than 40 hrs/week. You get in trouble with management if you're sick. Your co-slaves make you pay for illness or vacation time off, if you're allowed to take it. The only ones immune are management.
put like that, I wonder if slaves had it better. Well they probably had to work more than 40 hours, or 38 like in Europe. But I think indeed, that American workers are very very poorly off.
people have owned slaves for a very long time. Captives from wars always seem to have ended up as slaves. Rome had slaves. The MIddle Ages had slaves. I have seen a film about the houses in Africa where slaves departed for the US. I think that one was from Guinee or from Mali, it was not in Benin. I had already wondered, how Europeans would venture into the wilderness and capture healthy young men and women. They would get lost, and be unable to catch any of the natives I am sure. As for mistreating people - that is not new, either. How many people are harassed at work? Is paying your employees an wage too low to live off, slavery? Is it right not to give your employees paid vacation? paid sick time? Europe is in these things way ahead of the US. They have 4 weeks of paid vacation, a number of paid holidays (Christmas, Easter monday, national holidays) and a secure income even when you get sick. Here - nothing ! I know several people who don't even get a retirement. It looks admirable that people work till they are 100, but they might need to or they die for hunger ! Is that not a kind of slavery ?
social security number = slave
debt-slave tax mules.
Even if you're paid a "living wage," in many businesses you are still a slave. They downsize the department until you have to work many hours greater than 40 hrs/week. You get in trouble with management if you're sick. Your co-slaves make you pay for illness or vacation time off, if you're allowed to take it. The only ones immune are management.
put like that, I wonder if slaves had it better. Well they probably had to work more than 40 hours, or 38 like in Europe. But I think indeed, that American workers are very very poorly off.