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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by s1artibartfast on Thursday January 09, 2025 @12:38PM (#42647937)
I don't disagree with what you said, but I don't think that supports the conclusion above.

Trade-offs are different in all sorts of situations. All choices in life have consequence. The fact that one is better than the other does not negate anything or create slavery

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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by pkulak on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:42AM (#42652903)
So nothing can be slavery if there's any choice at all? By that logic slavery can never exist, because any slave can chose not to work and be killed, kill themselves, run, etc.

At some point you have to draw a line and say, there is choice, but there's not enough choice to say it's not slavery.

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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by s1artibartfast on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:33AM (#42656510)
Sure. I think for the case of firefighting, where there is no punishment or consequences whatsoever, it is an easy call.
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