Would you be surprised at all if there was a re-emergence of slavery in the United States? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Cannonhead2@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

As several people in this thread have pointed out, some forms of slavery do exist in the US. For example, prison labor, sex trafficking, and other forms of coerced labor.

However we do not have chattel slavery, where you can actively buy and sell other humans as property. I would be extremely surprised if that ever made a comeback.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I'm not at all convinced this is true. My kids - one of their friend's families had a live in cook and nanny servant who they thought was likely a slave, and one of my friends said when she told her friend in passing she needed household help, the friend told her she could get her someone, that she could buy a person.

I think it's more underground but no way is it gone, not even here. I wish I could believe it was gone.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

What do you think allowed for it in the past?

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Worse societies and tradition.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Our society is inherently better? What about it? What about it that prevents slavery?

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You didn't ask what prevents chattel slavery now. That would be the laws passed by victorious abolitionists. You asked why it happened in the past. It happened in the past because it had always existed and nobody had put a stop to it yet.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It's still happens, in the world.

[-] invertedspear@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Are you trying to be difficult? Your original post was about the US. Every reply you make you change the context.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Well their username checks out.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Obviously. But it ain't legal, mostly.

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