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Old 02-29-2012, 07:09 AM   #68 (permalink)
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Guys.

Arguing about historical models of slavery and why we had slavery and blah blah blah is all well and good... but we're all ignoring the fact that slavery is happening RIGHT NOW.

So can we end the pointless discussion that is annoying everyone involved and maybe talk about an issue that is affecting living human beings at this very moment?

Well this thread is about a historical model

Brazil hardly operates as a democracy and most booming economies of the developing world operate off the back of slave labour in one way or another anyway so the article might be shocking but hardly surprising. They are strictly dog eat dog societies.
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