SvennoJ said:
JRPGfan said:
Its crazy to think before 1908, women in denmark couldnt even vote in elections.
Thats just a short 113 years ago.
USA it happend in 1965 (only 56 years ago).
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What else is crazy
In almost half of the world's countries, there is no criminal law penalising either slavery or the slave trade. In 94 countries, you cannot be prosecuted and punished in a criminal court for enslaving another human being. Feb 13, 2020
Conservative estimate, still over 20 million slaves in the world.
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its abit ago... probably under the brexit thread.... but I remember we briefly talked about modern day slavery.
It popped up in reguard to some area in the UK, where apparently it was "commond knowledge" that UK firms were exploiting people (slaves), and the politicans/police and everyone basically just looked through their fingers with it. Was it clothes related? sweat shops? .... I remember being shocked that it was supposedly a issue in the UK (and more so, that apparently, leadership rolls in goverment reguarded it as "common knowledge" and just choose to not do anything about it (for years and years, and didnt plan to, even after journalists exposed it).
Wouldnt be surprised if in the USA, theres tons of illegals (mexicans) working under slave like conditions (effectively slaves, modern day versions), that then do stuff like pick fruit/veggies for the farms in the US, and stuff like that.
You think something like this only could happend in asia/africa or such but nope...
Last edited by JRPGfan - on 15 January 2021