Oo, oo, I have the answer!
It's people who hold on to an idea or ritual despite it being worthless or being a hindrance. The trend in the modern has been to push back against physical slavery (though sex trafficking is still a problem) but people still slave over ideologies to irrational extents and that can make them a slave to any charismatic fast-talker.
Some prefer to blame the victim
People contribute to their own enslavement
by going into debt
to have new techno toys
and luxury goods
and living beyond their means.
If people are that stupid they have bigger problems.Some prefer to blame the victim
greedy banks lure people into debt slavery using media-driven encouragement to "live now pay later"
and charging ridiculously high payback rates on very small loans
This woman isn't a slave. She gets a bonus!I like the idea of labeling house wives as slaves.
The example is of one woman whose husband earns a bonus he is willing to share with herThis woman isn't a slave. She gets a bonus!
so the victims of debt slavery are responsible for the extortionate interest rates charged by the lenders/banksIf people are that stupid they have bigger problems.
People need to take responsibility for their choices.
Yes, there are more people in slavery today but there are also more people on the planet than ever. 21mi/7.3bil (and growing) is a relatively small proportion and while I don't have numbers on it, something tells me that that is definitely lower than previous centuries. Especially if we use looser definitions like you did.
- There are an estimated 35.8 million people enslaved in the world. (The Global Slavery Index 2014)
- There are an estimated 20.9 million people that are victims of forced labor. (ILO)
- There are more people in slavery today than at any other time in history.
- It is difficult to know an exact number of people enslaved, as victims are often hidden.
- Whether they be locked in a house or business, or hidden in plain view,
- “disguised” as farm workers, prostitutes, or house keepers, modern day slaves are not always easy to identify.
- Every 30 seconds, another person becomes a victim of human trafficking. (UN.GIFT)
- Learn more about human trafficking here.
- Human trafficking creates approximately $150 billion in illegal revenue annually. (ILO)
- Even though 90% of the world’s countries have criminalized human trafficking, it is still a thriving business. (UN.GIFT)
- Human trafficking is estimated to be the second largest criminal industry in the world, behind the illegal drug trade.
- Organizations fighting human trafficking and slavery only receive an estimated $70-100 million to do their work.
- Learn more by watching ENDcrowd.com’s “Not a Fair Fight” video.
- Or back a campaign here.
- Modern day slavery can come in many forms.
- Forced Labor
- Sex trafficking
- Child trafficking
- Forced Marriage
- Bonded Labor
- Domestic Servitude
We are discussing the present time of 21st CenturyYes, there are more people in slavery today but there are also more people on the planet than ever. 21mi/7.3bil (and growing) is a relatively small proportion and while I don't have numbers on it, something tells me that that is definitely lower than previous centuries. Especially if we use looser definitions like you did.
I'm not arguing against sex-traffiking, it's a definite problem and it should get more attention since it's rather barbaric for the 21st century.
However, farmers, housewives? While some are unhappy about it, I also know plenty that take those roles and aren't complaining. I'm talking about the first world here since the developing nations have a different and unique st problems. One they stabilize and start to industrialize they'll start to undergo the social revolutions that overtook the US and Europe through the 18th-20th centuries.
I'd say that because outright physical slavery would be such a taboo in the 21st century and slavery would be more psychological since if executed well, it can do bondage without anyone realizing.
Now hopefully we won't have that either, but it's hard to predict the future
To me, it can mean persons in bondage: legal, financial, marital, fettered by chronic disease, debts, etc;
also "wage slaves" locked into jobs they dislike but from which then cannot free themselves;
to me it can also mean bondage to habits/compulsions/obsessions, from which it is not easy to free oneself.
Isn't that kind of propaganda the action in the problem-action-reaction-solution model?
I believe it is. It's not the Lord God baby Jesus that made me a slave, if I may say.![]()
I like the idea of labeling house wives as slaves.
I haven't heard of that model. I've heard of the problem-action-solution and the problem-reaction model though. I think you are referring to the latter?
Okay, so I don't know you or why you are Christian. You could be indoctrinated at birth or young age or chosen it later in life. I dunno. However, I think when the adherence to faith overtakes logical reason it becomes a problem. For an extreme example we could point to four medieval crusades which were disastrous and involved blind masses blindly following the church to a war in which they were under prepared just to reach salvation, which objectively, isn't even known if it exists.
Of course, not everything is a crusade. But it has happened enough. The extinction of native cultures in Native American cultures in the New World was caused by the belief that by the Natives not being Christian, they were inferior and had automatically less potential. (BTW I'm not trying to pick on you, it just is the you mentioned Christianity and the got the ball rolling.) This still happens in the modern world with places like ISIS and Putin is trying to cultivate blind adherence. I think that by wanting to follow an ideology to the end, without analyzing it for its flaws and basises is the best and fastest way to enslave yourself and others. I don't have a bone with adherence and awareness, but most people can the the former but never the latter. Which makes it so dangerous since it's really the only type of slavery that has held a significant staying power throughout history because it prays on the human traits of xenophobia and group mentality.
Eh, sorry for the long-windedness of that.
there are several types of Christianity. The ones you listed have nothing to do with Christ, IMHO.I haven't heard of that model. I've heard of the problem-action-solution and the problem-reaction model though. I think you are referring to the latter?
Okay, so I don't know you or why you are Christian. You could be indoctrinated at birth or young age or chosen it later in life. I dunno. However, I think when the adherence to faith overtakes logical reason it becomes a problem. For an extreme example we could point to four medieval crusades which were disastrous and involved blind masses blindly following the church to a war in which they were under prepared just to reach salvation, which objectively, isn't even known if it exists.
Of course, not everything is a crusade. But it has happened enough. The extinction of native cultures in Native American cultures in the New World was caused by the belief that by the Natives not being Christian, they were inferior and had automatically less potential. (BTW I'm not trying to pick on you, it just is the you mentioned Christianity and the got the ball rolling.) This still happens in the modern world with places like ISIS and Putin is trying to cultivate blind adherence. I think that by wanting to follow an ideology to the end, without analyzing it for its flaws and basises is the best and fastest way to enslave yourself and others. I don't have a bone with adherence and awareness, but most people can the the former but never the latter. Which makes it so dangerous since it's really the only type of slavery that has held a significant staying power throughout history because it prays on the human traits of xenophobia and group mentality.
Eh, sorry for the long-windedness of that.
Judges Plead GuiltyUnited States and Australia were both founded upon indentured servitude and prisoner 'chain gang' labor.
The 'Dark Ages' were Europe's way of insuring survival by life-long indebtedness to a protective warrior class.
Similar systems sprang up all over the known world.
In tribal societies, there were war captives whose freedom was in the hands of an owner.
It's depressing to contemplate.
Even with my 12th house 'empty', things supposedly in opposition to my ascendant but in the 6th house still can upset me.
'Human rights' need more universal emphasis.
This is just heartbreaking...
Slaves of Dubai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMh-vlQwrmU
"A 21st Century slave state" | Qatar World Cup 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjqQLVRZyyw
Prison State America: Inmates becoming corporate slaves in for-profit facilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Qpa40m3DA
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