2026-09-24 14:24 UTC
I know that people don't like the word "slavery" tossed around. But this is a mistake. Or we won't know what is happening to us.
It reminds me of how rape victims often take years to realize they've been raped. For years they will tell themselves what happened to them was normal, their fault, not an attack.
And then one day, they come to and realize, "Oh, shit. I am at the mercy of someone else's control."
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@smutmag@mstdn.social 2026-09-24 14:26
When you have a lord who collects over half of your money every month in rent, with the rest going to utilities, and for most people that results in nothing left for the person who labored, and very possibly a lot of debt--that's just sneaky slavery. You can call it indentured servitude--but it's forced labor without pay. Particularly when it is illegal to be homeless, and the government is hunting homeless people.