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Kid_Orgo


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Slavery
#6300548 - 11/19/06 08:45 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I was reading wikipedia about slavery (and before anyone disses on wikipedia, it's fucking free, okay, it's free and open source)
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The economics of so-called contemporary slavery
According to a broader definition used by Kevin Bales of Free the Slaves, another advocacy group linked with Anti-Slavery International, there are 27 million people (though some put the number as high as 200 million) in virtual slavery today, spread all over the world (Kevin Bales, Disposable People). This is, also according to that group:
* The largest number of people that has ever been in slavery at any point in world history. * The smallest percentage of the total human population that has ever been enslaved at once. * Reducing the price of slaves to as low as US$40 in Mali for young adult male laborers, to a high of US$1000 or so in Thailand for HIV-free young females suitable for use in brothels (where they frequently contract HIV). This represents the price paid to the person, or parents. * This represents the lowest price that there has ever been for a slave in raw labor terms — while the price of a comparable male slave in 1850 America would have been about US$1000 in the currency of the time, that represents US$38,000 in today's dollars, thus slaves, at least of that category, now cost only one one-thousandth (0.1%) of their price 150 years ago.
Ain't that some shit?
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Kid_Orgo


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Re: Slavery [Re: Kid_Orgo]
#6300551 - 11/19/06 08:46 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I assume the low cost of a slave today is based on the fact that you can't really get away with having a slave do your lawn or pick crops anymore.
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Re: Slavery [Re: Kid_Orgo]
#6300571 - 11/19/06 08:54 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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in parts of south east asia the cops are even kidnapping children and selleing them into slavery to brothels
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Kid_Orgo


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Doesn't suprise me.
The browner people always get fucked over.
Does it seem like that to you?
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Re: Slavery [Re: Kid_Orgo]
#6300708 - 11/19/06 09:27 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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wasnt it the injuns that gave whites tobacco? we've been killing you guys off for centuries longer than you killed us... those mexicans sure have it sweet too
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"that represents US$38,000 in today's dollars"
that means if u do not earn this u are a fucking slave!!!
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Kid_Orgo


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Quote:
Prisoner#1 said: wasnt it the injuns that gave whites tobacco? we've been killing you guys off for centuries longer than you killed us... those mexicans sure have it sweet too
Indians gave whites tobacco
Whites gave indians alcohol and smallpox.
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Re: Slavery [Re: Kid_Orgo]
#6300746 - 11/19/06 09:37 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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You have to be REALLY careful about these comparisons.
I highly doubt that the $1000 comparison in 1850 dollars is comparable at all. In 1850 you didn't have nearly as many expenses as you have today, given that the government was still giving out land grants (ultra-low property prices), no one carried insurance for anything, utility bills were non-existant, and no one needed to buy cars, TVs, or computers.
When they determine dollar equivalents, it's usually done by comparing the prices of similarly available goods (i.e. coffee today vs. coffee then, beef today vs. beef then), but that's almost meaningless when comparing time periods 150 years apart.
Add to the that the fact that horse-and-buggy ownership was almost certainly well below contemporary car ownership and you can't even make fair comparisons.
If rent was dirt cheap and your only real expenses were food and clothing, $1000 would go VERY far. Not that there should ever be a real price on human life, but I don't believe ASI's numbers on this issue for a second.
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