Back to what you have put forward, yes, it is very easy to forget the people who you just don't see.
"Please return him to my house on Fouche St., which is next to Julie St. WHO HAS FOR SALE one woman"
I read it in Stewie's voice
No..
For the life of me I don't get how society honestly thinks "Oh ~50-200 years ago humanity was evil but now we're enlightened and good"...
> All the scandals in England?
> A lot of that was sex slavery.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/may/28/sl...
The victims feared being killed if they escaped back to their homes, so I'd say it's more than just "wage slavery".
Yeah. Many bad things are commonplace and acceptable until progress marches on unfortunately. The majority has a bad habit of lacking empathy for those more vulnerable than themselves.
Slavery. Equal rights for minorities. Even the War on Drugs or providing access to proper care for women's health has abuses that are largely ignored because most people aren't regularly impacted in ways that motivates them to action.
The system has always been pretty wicked to those powerless to resist it.
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/30/chariti...
You do standby while millions are enslaved.
The United Nations estimates that roughly 27 to 30 million individuals are currently caught in the slave trade industry.
For context there were 3,950,528 slaves in the US in 1860.
Probably in the future present times will be seen as wicked too.
Children in this analogy forced to go to prison too, when they reach 18 years and refuse their taxes.
1) You are forced into this contract without your consent.
2) You can't quit this contract with your property intact.
This conditions wouldn't be enforceable if they were between ordinary parties, especially when there is inequality of bargaining power, why do they hold between a state and a person?
2) Your analogy also has the problem that without taxes, it would not be possible to fund an organization that prevents other organizations from coming in and taxing you (aka "protection money"). Can point to a society of more than 500,000 members that has existed without taxes? I can point to several pre-1865 societies without slavery.
Restriction of freedom is an inevitable consequence of scarcity. People cannot have everything they want, so you have to have some system which decides who gets what, and punishes people who try to step outside it.
Whether you're locking someone up for theft or tax evasion, it's equally coercive.
Either the idea of property is accepted implicitly, or it is ethical to enslave in some situations.
Being able to decide how to spend your time, and having exclusive access to particular resources are completely separate things.