• hark@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Again, that makes little to no practical difference to the slave, they’re getting abused just the same.

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        1 year ago

        Point to the time where prisoners in the U.S. were stacked up on boats and shipped across the Atlantic for months at a time.

        You don’t see prisoners treated like cargo here. Don’t get me wrong, they aren’t treated well, but there are certain factors here that I don’t think you’re considering.