[PetroniusMaximus]

***No, that's not true***

If you sign a contract with me to work for me for 3 years you can not break that contract (depending on it's exact nature) without consequences. You are not "free" to walk away without further obligation.


**** Slavery isn't a contract; it's ALWAYS a violence against the individual. ***

Wrong. Some people became slaves willingly because it was in their best economic interest.



***Again, we see creationist apologists for slavery. ***

Wrong again. Not an apology - just historical clarification. Slavery has taken a multiplicity of forms down though the ages - some horrible, some relatively mild.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"If you sign a contract with me to work for me for 3 years you can not break that contract (depending on it's exact nature) without consequences. You are not "free" to walk away without further obligation."

It would only be binding if I FREELY entered into it. The idea that capitalism is slavery is Marxist drivel.

" Wrong. Some people became slaves willingly because it was in their best economic interest."

So says the slave master.

"Wrong again. Not an apology - just historical clarification. Slavery has taken a multiplicity of forms down though the ages - some horrible, some relatively mild."

An apology. Arguing for a kinder and gentler slavery.

[dmz]

OK, you're a bit of a moving target.

First you say this "Even in the modern era, if I sign a contract with you, you "own" me for the terms of the contract."

Second, you say this "If you sign a contract with me to work for me for 3 years you can not break that contract (depending on it's exact nature) without consequences."

The consequences would NEVER rise to the level of turning the individual AS PROPERTY over to the holder of the contract. Your second statement, very true, the first one, entirely false.