What is slavery? Well let us suppose Jewish rules applied (look up Jewish laws on slavery if the topic interests you). It is saying, “You can manage my life better than I can.”
What does government tell us these days? “We can manage your life better than you can.”
I really wish the anti-slavers applied that proposition to all realms. Well hope does spring eternal. But it is unwise for me to run my life on it. I have a police state to contend with. A not extremely severe one (yet) to be sure. But still.
H/T Popehat where the topic came up for discussion in the comments.
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9 responses to “What Is Slavery”
But, they’re doing it for our own good.
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What is slavery?
Involuntary servitude, pure and simple. It doesn’t even require buying and selling: that is but insult added to the original injury.
What is slavery? The Progressive agenda.
Brett,
In the Jewish view, which is why I brought it up, slavery could be voluntary.
Of course for what we today call POWs slavery was involuntary.
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That’s actually the one major disagreement I have with Libertarians (notice the large L). Some people DO want to be slaves.
They really want someone to Tell Them What to Do. They are lost without that.
And there are far too many willing to take them up on it.
Kathy,
What I dislike is the assumption that because some people ask for it we all want it.
I fall into that small cohort that wishes to be neither a Master nor a Slave.
Jewish laws on slavery?
Dude!, Please don’t mistake ancient tribal laws with current Jewish thoughts about slavery. It is not like that is part of some Jewish Manifesto. It is ancient history.
My point was that the Jewish laws on slavery were quite humane. Assuming you have studied the Talmud you would know this. And they allowed for voluntary slavery.
I made no pretense of expounding on current Jewish views on the matter.
“I fall into that small cohort that wishes to be neither a Master nor a Slave.”
As do I. But you will note that it IS a small cohort. :/