I Cast Fist

Just your typical internet guy with questionable humor

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  • Tldr: slavery works with the constant threat of punishment

    The whole idea is very dumb when we understand that every person is not too different from ourselves.

    For a really long time in human history, anyone captured during battles or sackings were part of the loot, objects of value. Slaves often organized to revolt, because any one alone trying shit would be made an example of (as was also the case with slave revolts after they were quelled)

    Regarding religion, the big 3 (christianism, Judaism, Islam) were perfectly fine with slavery of people of different religion (so a Muslim could have christian slaves, a Christian could have Muslim slaves, etc). Nowadays, to my knowledge, Islam is the one that is still mostly ok with it, though that could be a country by country thing (Saudi Arabia is the biggest culprit of abusing immigrants and using them as a slave force). Given that Islam is, in its majority, extremely patriarchal, with women being seen as objects owned by the husband, I suspect it’s one of the worst religions to be a woman in today.

    Some christian sects aren’t too far behind on that regressive worldview, but those tend to thrive mostly on poorer places. If you ever hear “prosperity gospel”, stay the fuck away from it.