You say that like it’s a bad thing. Yeah, I’m very proud people fought and died to change a system for the better. Maybe if you tankies weren’t so cynical you’d be able see some of the good instead of only the bad.
I mean, to be fair, your country still does slavery. It’s not awful chattel slavery, but you do still lock people up for non violent crimes and then use em for slave labor. Hard country to defend.
To be fair, the US is like a patchwork of small countries wearing a trenchcoat and in some states they have amended their constitution to rid themselves of the kind of forced labor you are referring to. Others are trying. It’s not where it should be, but getting so many people to agree on something without killing each other can be a slow process.
It’s not even a trait unique to the US. If you look at any region of the world close enough and you’ll find evidence of some kind of Gulag or Gulag-like system. Does that excuse it? No, it’s still an awful practice. But within the context of our conversation it is a negative part of a system that has positively changed over time without having to burn the whole thing down.
Yeah, because when the “burn it all down” crowd tried forming their own government to keep their slaves we had a war over it and they lost.
I’m sure you’re very proud that you only did slavery for the majority of your country’s existence, and not all of it.
You say that like it’s a bad thing. Yeah, I’m very proud people fought and died to change a system for the better. Maybe if you tankies weren’t so cynical you’d be able see some of the good instead of only the bad.
I mean, to be fair, your country still does slavery. It’s not awful chattel slavery, but you do still lock people up for non violent crimes and then use em for slave labor. Hard country to defend.
To be fair, the US is like a patchwork of small countries wearing a trenchcoat and in some states they have amended their constitution to rid themselves of the kind of forced labor you are referring to. Others are trying. It’s not where it should be, but getting so many people to agree on something without killing each other can be a slow process.
It’s not even a trait unique to the US. If you look at any region of the world close enough and you’ll find evidence of some kind of Gulag or Gulag-like system. Does that excuse it? No, it’s still an awful practice. But within the context of our conversation it is a negative part of a system that has positively changed over time without having to burn the whole thing down.
It’s unique in terms of western countries.