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Because it's not slavery at all, it's just living. At no point in history have humans collectively ever been able to exist without engaging in some kind of labor to sustain themselves. And they voluntarily engage in the system to the benefit of themselves. In no way, shape, or form does any of it resemble slavery and I'm not sure why you're so hung up on everything being slavery. It's a fucking weird gimmick.

Lokarin posted...

So why is it whenever someone mentions they can't quit their job because they can't live without it they say that's NOT slavery? ... if you don't work, you die... that's slavery... or serfdom.. either or.

No, it's not serfdom either because workers aren't bound to their land. If they want to move, they can do so. Historically, the system of serfdom was similar to slavery with the sole exception of serfs being transferred with the land itself rather than being bought/sold individually.

In slavery and serfdom, you had involuntary servitude. The same is true of communist nations that still have forced labor practices. However, for most of the world people *choose* their employers rather than have their employers conscript them against their will either by purchase or birth.
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