I just asserting that people generally had more down time in the past.
By using total instead of share. Which also means there is even a more gigantic number of people with more wealth and leisure than any point in human history.
Do you see why using total number is mind numbingly silly?
Modern slavery includes forced labor, bonded labor, trafficked people, and child labor - it’s analogous to chattel style historic slavery in that the conditions are similar.
Current estimates are 50m people living in these conditions today, vastly more than at any time in human history.
Modern slavery includes forced labor, bonded labor, trafficked people, and child labor - it’s analogous to chattel style historic slavery in that the conditions are similar.
No, no it’s not. NGOs conflate the two sometimes to draw attention to an important issue, but a job where you get a bit underpaid and can’t quit early is not the same as what’s in Roots.
Actual chattel slavery still lingers in places, but only pretty marginal and lightly populated ones. Mauritania is an infamous example.
Current estimates are 50m people living in these conditions today, vastly more than at any time in human history.
Global population in 1 AD was around 200 million. 25% slaves isn’t impossible.
And going by absolute number instead of proportion is another lie with statistics you might be repeating. Yes, population has grown. What does that have to do with it?
Is slavery less common today ?
Is that an actual question?
yes. Maybe look into it.
About .6% of the world is considered as living in modern slavery.
In say, the feudal era, that percentage would be some 70 or 80 times higher.
Maybe you should do some reading?
Sure but …
The number of slaves extant today is far greater than at any time in history.
Are you trolling?
The number of people living happily in luxury unimaginable to 99% of people who have ever lived is also FAR greater than at any time in human history.
No, I’m not trolling.
I just asserting that people generally had more down time in the past.
By using total instead of share. Which also means there is even a more gigantic number of people with more wealth and leisure than any point in human history.
Do you see why using total number is mind numbingly silly?
God this is tedious.
By all means, continue thinking that everyone worked all day in the before times.
Yes, vastly.
There’s literally no country where it’s de jure legal now, and fairly few where it’s legal in practice.
Modern slavery includes forced labor, bonded labor, trafficked people, and child labor - it’s analogous to chattel style historic slavery in that the conditions are similar.
Current estimates are 50m people living in these conditions today, vastly more than at any time in human history.
No, no it’s not. NGOs conflate the two sometimes to draw attention to an important issue, but a job where you get a bit underpaid and can’t quit early is not the same as what’s in Roots.
Actual chattel slavery still lingers in places, but only pretty marginal and lightly populated ones. Mauritania is an infamous example.
Global population in 1 AD was around 200 million. 25% slaves isn’t impossible.
And going by absolute number instead of proportion is another lie with statistics you might be repeating. Yes, population has grown. What does that have to do with it?
But slaves are not, in fact, less common today.
Sure, just ignore the whole comment.