History Western Civilization, Rome and Cyclical History

[Simonbob]

Lmao you do realize he's talking about literal slaves and slavery, yes?

We're talking Roman Empire times. Everybody had slavery then.

It was normal.

 

[Blasterbot]

We're talking Roman Empire times. Everybody had slavery then.

It was normal.

hell there are more slaves in the world today than there were when the CSA tried seceding. it really is funny how people try and pretend that we got better and more moral as time has gone on when people are the same as they have always been.

 

[Poe]

hell there are more slaves in the world today than there were when the CSA tried seceding. it really is funny how people try and pretend that we got better and more moral as time has gone on when people are the same as they have always been.

This is not a good faith statement, that number is not larger per capita nor is slavery as ubiquitous as it was then. There are only more slaves because the world has nearly 10xed in population since then.

 

[Husky_Khan]

hell there are more slaves in the world today than there were when the CSA tried seceding. it really is funny how people try and pretend that we got better and more moral as time has gone on when people are the same as they have always been.

This is not a good faith statement, that number is not larger per capita nor is slavery as ubiquitous as it was then. There are only more slaves because the world has nearly 10xed in population since then.

What a small world. I was driving into work at 4AM today and had the radio on and the Host was talking to a leader or spokesperson of this NGO called Christian Solidarity International and they were talking about their operations in Sudan in freeing slaves and giving them the opportunity for new lives in South Sudan. They threw out the same statistic of how there are more slaves in the present day then at any period of history. But later he pointed out how the level of slavery had also gone down, at least in certain areas, in recent years.

Also makes the statement "Not a good faith statement" kind of ironically punny because... ya know... the Christian Pastor guy who was being interviewed made that statement and then... Yeah... anyways.

Especially since I was so convinced by the interview I thought, man... I should donate to these guys for this month... but then forgot about it... until now. Oh well... I'll think about it... until I forget about it again... Blargh.

Talk about a cycle...

Sorry.

Carry on.