Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoHow come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us?message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down117
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareHow come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareBurgerBaron@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoSlavery still exists, in fact there’s more slaves today than ever before. 50 million slaves last I checked. Mostly because overall human population has obviously increased drastically too but I digress.
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 days agoPrivatized prisons are slavery too, you’re right.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoState-run prisons where labor can be required would also qualify as slavery by any definition.
minus-squareBurgerBaron@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoDepends I guess if you view UNICOR as private or not since it’s government owned. We call them crown corporations in Canada.
Slavery still exists, in fact there’s more slaves today than ever before. 50 million slaves last I checked. Mostly because overall human population has obviously increased drastically too but I digress.
Privatized prisons are slavery too, you’re right.
State-run prisons where labor can be required would also qualify as slavery by any definition.
Depends I guess if you view UNICOR as private or not since it’s government owned. We call them crown corporations in Canada.