Journal JVert's Journal: it began in africa 1
A cold reality. Its late and when its late I get to thinking. Why is the easiest way to end world hungry? The solution I have come to is inspired by the BLM, Bureau of Land Management. They run a very successfull mustang program to thin out overpopulated areas where horses are starving to death from overpopulation. You probably see where im going with this.
Slavery.
Technology has imporved the standard of living high enough that the moral implications of slavery are not what they used to be.
But I know morally its still wrong and could never be the solution to the problem.
By why? is freedom the issue? I know these people would not like to be ripped from their homes. Even faceing death by starvation some, maybe most would rather not go into a life of slavery. Thus to rescue them would be to take away their freedom. Maybe there are better methods today of control, or maybe it will still require physical beatings for submision.
Einstein was right, the world exists on relativity.
The rights lost by a man in indentured servitude are the same rights we give up today to exist in a civilized socioty. They are dwarf eachother in scale but are still relative.
First the apples:
a) A man, pulled from his home, stripped of his religious beliefs and culture. Is dragged into a life of slavery never owning or acumilating anything of his own. He lives a long and boring life, working every day untill he dies.
b) A man died today of starvation.
Now the oranges:
a) A man was given a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. When asked about his civil liberties he was told that seat belts are whats best for everybody including himself, and should expect to use the seat belt or else he will lose his privelage to drive on public roads.
b) A man died in a car crash, the impact was not tremendous but he was ejected from his car. Police say the incident may have not been fatal if the man wore his seat belt. No ticket was issued for the infraction.
I'm not trying to glorify slavery but honestly it wont be that bad if it happened today. The nike corporation would create huge complexes to house the slaves. The humanitations would purchase the slaves and set them free in a resource rich environment where they could flourish. There will always be a fraction of slavery but they would be neccessary to consistantly cure the continuing mass of starved humans.
Babies crying. got to go.
Slavery (Score:1)
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