• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    People don’t sell themselves into fucking slavery because they’re only moderately impoverished and fear just being a little bit hungry.

    Wacky declarations are no replacement for actual historical context and facts.

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      Wacky declarations are no replacement for actual historical context and facts.

      I’m sorry, just to be clear - are you disputing that people in the ancient world often sold themselves into slavery to avoid starvation?

      Do you want me to start citing legal codes and chroniclers? Because I can. But I want to make sure that when you start pissing about playing dumb that everyone sees you got what you fucking asked for.