• hark@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Again, that makes little to no practical difference to the slave, they’re getting abused just the same.

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      1 year ago

      Point to the time where prisoners in the U.S. were stacked up on boats and shipped across the Atlantic for months at a time.

      You don’t see prisoners treated like cargo here. Don’t get me wrong, they aren’t treated well, but there are certain factors here that I don’t think you’re considering.

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      1 year ago

      It makes difference in the kind of treatment they can expect. You likely are less concerned with your pet’s opinions of things than your family fir example because they are people.