Christoph Reuss wrote:
In "Inhuman Bondage," David Brion Davis masterfully navigates the long
history of slavery from ancient times to its abolition in the 19th century.
Slavery wasn't abolished. Today it is outsourced to SE Asia. (Children
working 16 hours in sweatshops, not even allowed to see their parents.)
And Israel is using Chinese house slaves and Romanian sex slaves...
Chris
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You can buy a car or rent one -- you still got [use of...] a car.
You can't buy a person, but you can rent one. What's the big difference?
Well, there is one difference: If you own it [car or person], you have a
selfish interest in maintaining it in good running order. If you
rent it, your selfish interest is to spend as little on maintenance as
you can get away with.
I have recently heard from someone who works for a big
computer multinational that the corporate executives refer to
the location where computer programmers (yes, some with
advanced degrees...) produce the software the company
sells as: "the factory". I contrast this with a little vignette
reported some time ago in the NYT (citation info
avaliable on request):
"French fashion people... like their businessmen erudite and
protective.... [Christian] Dior... put his talent in the service of his
workers' skills with a humility that manifested itself whenever he
encountered an employee, however lowly, in one of the house's corridors.
Invariably, Dior would step aside to let the employee pass."
No wonder they are having riots in France, is it? The French
workers are tired of getting benefits from the state and want their
*freedom* like Americans!
\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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