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Re:The elaborate set-up of a scam HQ, staffed by people forc... by lupire on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @09:06AM (#33343048)
"State power is weak" is a weird claim since the powerful states don't prevent trade with slavers. Powerful states like US and China run slavery operations directly. It's even explicitly enshrined in the US Constitution.
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Re:The elaborate set-up of a scam HQ, staffed by people forc... by WalterBright on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @01:14PM (#33346639)
The US didn't become a powerful state until the Constitution was amended to ban slavery.

The Confederacy, for example, was militarily and economically a very weak state. It couldn't even supply shoes to its soldiers. It was unable to pierce the blockade on them by the Union. And so on.

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Re:The elaborate set-up of a scam HQ, staffed by people forc... by prottog on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @04:04PM (#33348637)
It's a far stretch to say that allowing slavery or involuntary servitude as a penalty for duly convicted criminal is somehow "enshrining" it.
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