[orange character is smiling smugly, doing a finger gun, in front of the “1860 WEEKLY SLAVE MARKET” in which a crowd of people are browsing slaves, while some slaves ask “please help…”]

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism bro, everything is equally bad

I won’t stop buying slaves until the state compels me not to, until then to each their own and let’s agree to disagree and I’ll have you know my family needs their labor

It’s great that you can live without slaves though, keep being an anti-slavery activist it’s awesome!

You’re the best!

https://thebad.website/comic/no_ethical_consumption

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Not much context (it happened a full 100 years earlier), but: I just listened to Behind The Bastards’ 2-parter on Thomas Thistlewood, sadist, slave plantation owner (on Jamaica) and serial rapist. This is the mindset the USA grew from: ruthless exploitation, mass murder, mass rape, and ultimately genocide.