| TheLivingShadow said: I can't figure out whether you people are for or against slavery...some of the comments here repulse me. |
Not sure if anyone here is in favor of slavery. If you speak about the Yes Men, and the video, I suggest you do a bit of research on them. Their story is one how people who don't do proper due dilligence invite them to speak as a representative of the World Trade Organization, and they expose the downside of globalization of trade.
If you question what I wrote, well, I would have to ask if elimination of slavery ALWAYS produces situations better than slavery itself. If you have an environment where people work for less that what is needed for them to survive, which happens, is that better than a situation of indentured servitude, with maybe government enforced minimum standards on the quality of accomodations. Like, for the indentured servant, the individual who held the contract of the indentured servant would have to provide minimum health and living accomodations. Yes, we go into animal cruelty here, but why not have that? Do we want to have a society where people end up bagging groceries for tips only, and hoping to be able to live? In Mexico, people bag groceries for tips. Is that something worthwhile to have?
Maybe there are economic conditions worse than slavery people can end up going through.
