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Re:The case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped ... by manquer on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @12:08AM (#24562879)
It is not just singapore . It is common in many parts of the world like middle east.

Economic Slavery has always been there and is still there. There are plenty of jobs which people don't want to do unless they are poor. Either countries kept parts of the population always poor or imported from poor countries. Like mexicans in america. Exploiting the working class is a feature of modern variants of capitalism.

Legal slavery is the only thing that got abolished.

P.S. on a seperate note and no means a defense of this, the salary is slightly misleading as it usually includes stay and food.

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Re:The case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped ... by danmaz74 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:22AM (#24565245)
Low paying jobs are a problem, but nowhere near as terrible as actual slavery - where you don't have the right to defend yourself from physical abuse, the right to move to a different place, etc.

What sounds particularly indicting in the described situation though is employers keeping the employees' passports. Things like this can make someone's situation more similar to a slave's.

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Re:The case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped ... by manquer on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @07:30PM (#24573501)
You may have the right today. But when your employer withholds your passport and abuses you, or the work conditions are so bad thousands die before a project is complete[1], you have very minimal if any rights in that country especially against citizens.

I am not sure there is all that much difference.

[1] sic qatar world cup

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Re:The case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped ... by mirekrusin on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @01:13AM (#24563216)
Brazil as well, ie. many appartments have dedicated toilet/facilities built-in for empregadas who live sunny part of the day in the house cleaning/cooking etc.
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Re:The case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped ... by fyfy18 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:23AM (#24566133)
> Economic Slavery [...]

Its not quite so simple though. By that definition migrants from Eastern Europe working farm jobs in Western Europe are economic slaves, but their conditions are much better than these maids and they can go home anytime without repurcusions.

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Re:The case of a maid who battled a millionaire has gripped ... by throwawaysgx on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @12:29AM (#24562985)
I edited my comment to make it clearer.
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