Job title: 2nd year student
Educational institution: Vladimir State University named after A.G. and N.G. Stoletovs
Locality: Vladimir region, city of Vladimir
Name of material: essay
Subject:"Does slavery exist in modern world? What are its features?"
Publication date: 28.11.2017
Chapter: higher education
is being considered
existence
modern society, about its forms and methods of influencing humans. Her
the main idea is that no matter how we try to fight it,
in a capitalist society its existence is inevitable.
Key words: slavery, capitalism.
In this article, the question of the existence of slavery in modern society, its
forms and methods of influencing a person. Its main idea is that no matter how we
try to fight it, in capitalist society its existence is inevitable. Key words: slavery,
Does slavery exist in modern society? What are his
peculiarities?
Currently, we are feeling the impact of some
social
factors
life by doing
Society
neglects
spiritual
prefers
material, which, in their opinion, will bring much more benefit. So,
some start working in a hated company, take out loans, becoming
chronic debtors. Others spend considerable sums on clothes made from
boutiques, gadgets and parties in nightclubs. Therefore such dependence
people can be equated to slavery. But the slave system appeared in
Slavery existed in the world long before there was a state
called "Ancient Rome". Here's what we read about the history of slavery in
famous
encyclopedic
dictionaries:
“Slavery appears with the development Agriculture approximately 10,000
use
p l e n n i k o v
agricultural work and forced them to work for themselves. In the early
civilizations
remained
source
source
were
criminals
pay your debts. The growth of industry and trade further contributed to
more intensive spread of slavery. There is a demand for labor
a force that could produce goods for export. And therefore slavery
reached its peak in the Greek states and the Roman Empire.
Slaves performed the main work here. Most of them worked in
mines,
handicraft
production
agriculture.
were used in the household as servants and sometimes as doctors or
poets. In the ancient world, slavery was perceived as a natural law
existed
few
writers,
influential people saw in him evil and injustice.”
modern
exists,
taking
forms: economic,
social,
spiritual
kinds. In addition, some government agencies guard the forms
modern slavery and define them as “good”.
relevance
is
modern
feels
free
personal
self-determination,
existing
called
"debt
economics",
imposed
ideological
traditions of culture and morality. Therefore, it is important to understand what depends on us in
this situation and give it an adequate assessment.
Today, slavery has completely different characteristics. It's gone
underground, that is, it became illegal, or acquired forms that allowed it
coexist with modern laws.
Work
System
public
relationships,
it is allowed for a person (slave) to be owned by another person
(Mr.
slave owner,
states.
physical,
I exist
“Oxygen”, 2014. – 166 p.
"economic"
"social"
"hired"
"capitalist"
“indirect”, “spiritual”, “debt”, etc.
For example, “social” slavery in the modern world has divided society
into classes of rich and poor. Since it is very difficult to get into the rich class,
If you are born in it, many people become hostages
his position, throwing all his strength into achieving the level of this class.
“Spiritual slavery” in the modern world is characterized by the fact that people
often face depression, psychological disorders,
makes them withdraw into themselves, that is, become a slave to their consciousness.
most
in detail
consider
"economic
slavery". This
human dependence on economic factors as forms of the slave system.
Reasons
development
economic
capitalist
Modern capitalism and various shapes slavery represent
increase
capital
appropriation
product,
produced
worker.
No one doubts that we live today under capitalism
(our authorities, however, do not like the word “capitalism”, replacing it completely
the meaningless phrase “market economy”)
and therefore
the modern economy rests on the fact that everyone does their
work: someone manages, and someone does the dirty work - isn’t this
an example of slave-owning relations?
A modern person working under an employment contract sometimes has no time
think about analogies and compare yourself to a slave Ancient Rome. More
hint
similar
analogy,
be offended.
Especially if a person occupies some kind of leadership position, if
automobile,
apartment
attributes
modern
Katasonov V.Yu. Capitalism. History and ideology of “monetary civilization” / Scientific editor
O.A.Platonov. – M.: Institute of Russian Civilization, 2013. – 1072 p.
"civilization".
differences
classic
Ancient
modern
employee.
For example,
received a bowl of food, and the second one receives money to buy this bowl.
stop
last
has
the “privilege” of ceasing to be a slave: that is, to be dismissed.
Even though the work that people do is paid, and,
it would seem that they cease to depend on anyone, in fact it is
a myth, because most funds received for their work
spent on various payments and taxes, which then go to the budget
states.
We should not forget the fact that we live in a modern society
"civilization"
Beautiful",
meet all the standards of the modern “elite”, regardless of
what is his income? But the remaining funds are sometimes not enough to
satisfaction
needs.
turns on
mechanism
economy
coercion
start
sinking deeper into debt.
Such a phenomenon as inflation is not uncommon and, it would seem, it is understandable, but
rising prices in the absence of growth in worker wages provides hidden
stealth robbery. All this makes the average person
kneel lower and lower, bowing before the modern
bourgeoisie, making him a real slave.
Thus, we can conclude that no matter what times come, in
conditions
capitalist
civilization
Society
free
fully.
limited in its capabilities, there will always be someone who subordinates and who
obeys. Whether it is problems in his mind or state policy, in
Katasonov V.Yu. From slavery to slavery. From Ancient Rome to Modern Capitalism, publishing house
“Oxygen”, 2014. – 166 p.
where he lives, problems at work or in social life, in all these
spheres, a person is subjected to hidden slavery.
Bibliography
Katasonov
Ancient
modern capitalism,
publishing house "Oxygen", 2014. - 166 p.
ISBN: 978-5-901635-40-7
Katasonov
Capitalism.
ideology
"monetary
civilization"
editor
O.A.Platonov.
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE RF
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higher professional education
"Vladimirsky State University name
Alexander Grigorievich and Nikolai Grigorievich Stoletov"
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Essay on the topic of:
“Does slavery exist in modern society? What are
its features?
Performed by a student from group TSB-116
Sakhanina Ekaterina Alexandrovna
Checked:
Associate Professor of the Department of Science and Technology
Alexandrova Olga Stepanovna
Today, slavery is officially abolished in all countries of the world. The last country to abolish the shameful Slave work, is Mauritania. The corresponding ban was introduced in July 1980. However, in the USA, in some states, official slavery was not legally abolished until beginning of the XXI century. It was only in February 2013 that the last such state, Mississippi, banned this shameful practice by ratifying the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution.
However, the official abolition of slavery does not mean that this problem ceased to exist. At the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, according to various estimates, there were from 20 million to 40 million slaves in the world. It should be noted here that human trafficking ranks third in terms of profitability after drugs and weapons. And once cash flows huge, there will always be people who want to grab their piece.
What is slavery today? This is the slave trade, forced labor of adults and children, debt bondage. Slavery also includes forced marriage. What factors contribute to the prosperity of slavery? Here you can indicate poverty and weakness social protection population. One should also take into account the mentality of people living in a certain territory, historically established traditions and customs. Listed below are countries where slavery exists.
Number of slaves in different countries world in thousands of people according to the Washington Post
Mauritania
In Mauritania, according to various estimates, there are from 150 thousand to 680 thousand slaves. And this despite the official abolition of slavery. The status of a slave in this country is passed on from generation to generation. The slave owner controls not only adults, but also children. Slaves work in agricultural fields and do housework. At the same time, it should be noted that there were much fewer slaves in the cities than before. But in rural areas Slave labor is still thriving.
India
There are supposedly up to 15 million slaves in India. They are used in a variety of industries. Child labor is widely practiced. But minor citizens do not only work in the fields and clean houses. Children are forced into begging and prostitution. A significant percentage is also occupied by debt bondage, which covers millions of citizens.
Nepal
Nepal is considered one of the largest sources of slaves. Slave labor is widespread in brick factories, where forced people are engaged in brick firing. There are about 250 thousand slaves in this country. Many of them have debt obligations to their employers. Child labor is widely practiced in Nepal. Children work in mines and factories.
Pakistan
About 2 million people are engaged in forced labor in Pakistan. These are mainly people who have fallen into bondage due to debt. Such bondage can last for decades and be passed on from generation to generation, as debtors work for pennies. Child labor is widely practiced in the country. Moreover, the age of children ranges from 5 to 15 years. Mostly minors are engaged in brick production.
Benin
When talking about countries where there is slavery, one cannot fail to mention Benin. There, about 80 thousand people are forced to engage in forced labor. These people work in the cotton fields, in farms, work in quarries, in private homes and as street vendors. The sale of children is widely practiced.
Gambia
In Gambia, people are forced to beg. Many slaves work in private houses. In the country, children often become slaves. This primarily concerns street children and orphans, as well as madrasah students. Children from poor families study in madrasahs, and teachers mercilessly exploit them, forcing them to beg. If a child brings in little money, they beat him. There are about 60 thousand such unfortunate children in the country.
Gabon
Gabon has the most high level life in Africa, so children are taken there from other regions of the hot continent. At the same time, girls are engaged in domestic slavery, and boys find physical labor. Marriages with children are not uncommon. Youth from neighboring countries goes to Gabon to earn money, but often such boys and girls become slaves. Young girls are sold to rich families where they are made maids. There are no slaves among the citizens of Gabon themselves.
Ivory Coast
Countries where slavery exists are not limited to the states listed above. It is also common in Côte d'Ivoire, where it is produced great amount cocoa. This industry employs at least 40 thousand children, working in real hard labor. In addition, about a thousand children work on small private farms, doing a variety of hard work. The more slaves, the more cocoa beans, and, consequently, more money. Therefore, slave child labor is widely practiced in this state.
Haiti
In total, about 10 million people live in Haiti. Of these, 200 thousand people are slaves. The most common type of forced labor is when children are employed in the household. Up to 500 thousand teenagers are subjected to merciless exploitation. And in order for them to work well, they are influenced physically and emotionally.
So, we looked at countries where there is slavery. But the list is far from complete. Slaves can be found in Europe, the USA, Australia, Hong Kong and other seemingly prosperous countries. Forced labor gives great benefits slave owners, and moral and moral aspects are not taken into account at all. This problem can only be countered by competent legislation and the desire of all people to completely destroy such a negative phenomenon that disgraces the “crown of nature”.
Six illustrative examples slavery in the modern world
Human rights activists highlight the following characteristics slave labor: they are engaged in it against their will, under the threat of force and with insignificant wages or without it at all.
December 2nd– International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. The use of slave labor in any form is prohibited by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, in the modern world, slavery is more prevalent than ever before.Very profitable business
Experts international organization Free the Slaves claim that if over the 400 years of the existence of the transatlantic slave trade, approximately 12 million slaves were exported from the Black Continent, then in the modern world More than 27 million people live as slaves(1 million in Europe). According to experts, the underground slave trade is the third most profitable criminal business in the world, second only to the arms and drug trade. Its profits amount to $32 billion, and the annual income brought by forced laborers to their owners is equal to half of this amount. "Quite possible, – writes sociologist Kevin Bales, author of The New Slavery in global economy», – that slave labor was used to make your shoes or the sugar you put in your coffee. Slaves laid the bricks that make up the wall of the factory where your television is made... Slavery helps lower the cost of goods around the world, which is why slavery is so attractive today.”
Asia
IN India still exist today entire castes, supplying free workers, especially children working in hazardous industries.
In the northern provinces Thailand selling daughters into slavery has been the main source of livelihood for centuries.
« Here, – Kevin Bales writes: – cultivated special shape Buddhism, which sees in a woman a being incapable of achieving bliss as the highest goal of the believer. Being born as a woman indicates a sinful life in the past. It's a kind of punishment. Sex is not a sin, it is only part of the material natural world illusions and suffering. Thai Buddhism preaches humility and submission in the face of suffering, because everything that happens is karma, from which a person still cannot escape. Such traditional ideas greatly facilitate the functioning of slavery.".
Patriarchal slavery
Today there are two forms of slavery - patriarchal and labor. Classical, patriarchal forms of slavery, when a slave is considered the property of the owner, are preserved in a number of countries in Asia and Africa - Sudan, Mauritania, Somalia, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Nepal, Myanmar and Angola. Officially, forced labor has been abolished here, but it persists in the form of archaic customs, which the authorities turn a blind eye to.
New world
More modern form slavery is labor slavery, which appeared already in the twentieth century. Unlike patriarchal slavery, here the worker is not the property of the owner, although he is subject to his will. " Such a new slave system, says Kevin Bales, assigns economic value to individuals without any responsibility for their basic survival. Economic efficiency new slavery is extremely high: economically unprofitable children, the elderly, the sick or crippled are simply discarded(in patriarchal slavery they are usually kept at the very least in easier jobs. - Note "Around the world"). IN new system slavery slaves are a replaceable part that is added to the production process as needed and has lost its former high cost».
Africa
IN Mauritania slavery is special - “family”. Here power belongs to the so-called. white moors – to the Hassan Arabs. Each arab family owned by several Afro-Moorish families – Haratinov. Haratin families have been passed down through the families of the Moorish nobility for centuries. Slaves are tasked with a variety of jobs, from caring for livestock to construction. But the most profitable type of slave business in these parts is the sale of water. From morning to evening, water-carrying Kharatins transport carts with large flasks around the cities, earning 5 per day – 10 dollars is very good money for these places.
Countries of victorious democracy
Labor slavery is widespread throughout the world, including countries of victorious democracy. It usually includes those who have been kidnapped or immigrated illegally. In 2006, a UN commission published a report entitled “Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns.” It says that people are sold into slavery in 127 countries of the world, and in 137 states victims of human traffickers are exploited (as for Russia, according to some data, more than 7 million people live here as slaves). In 11 states, a “very high” level of kidnapping activity was noted (more than 50 thousand people annually), among them - New Guinea, Zimbabwe, China, Congo, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania And Sudan.
Men, women and children
For those workers who themselves want to leave their homeland, certain companies usually first promise highly paid work abroad, but then (upon arrival in a foreign country) their documents are taken away and the simpletons are sold to the owners of criminal businesses, who deprive them of their freedom and force them to work. According to experts from the US Congress, Every year 2 million people are transported abroad for resale. Mostly these are women and children. Girls are often promised a career in the modeling business, but in reality they are forced to do prostitution(sexual slavery) or work in underground garment factories.
Into labor slavery men get in too. Most famous example- Brazilian charcoal burners. They are recruited from local beggars. Recruits who were first promised high earnings, and then had their passports taken away and work book, are taken to the deep forests of the Amazon, from where there is nowhere to escape. There they burn huge eucalyptus trees just for food, without knowing any rest. charcoal, on which it works Brazilian steel industry. Rarely do any of the charcoal burners (and their number exceeds 10,000) manage to work for more than two or three years: those who are sick and injured are mercilessly kicked out...
The UN and other organizations are making a lot of efforts to combat modern slavery, but the results are still rather modest. The fact is that the punishment for the slave trade is several times lower compared to other serious crimes such as rape. On the other hand, local authorities are often so interested in shadow business that they openly patronize modern slaveholders, receiving a portion of their excess profits.
Photo: AJP/Shutterstock, Attila JANDI/Shutterstock, Paul Prescott/Shutterstock, Shutterstock (x4)
We have all heard about the era of Western slavery, when for several centuries European civilization built its well-being in a barbaric way on the bones of free slave power. In Russia there were completely different orders, and the cruelty that dominated from England to Poland never existed.
I bring to your attention a short excursion into the history of Russian serfdom. After reading, I only had one question: “was there slavery in Russia?” (in the classical sense of the word).
Well, in our country, since ancient times, there have been forced people - slaves. This category included prisoners of war, unpaid debtors, and convicted criminals. There were “purchases” that received a certain amount of money and went into service until it was worked off. There were “rank and file” who served on the basis of a concluded agreement. The owner had the right to punish the careless and find the fugitives. But, unlike European countries, had no power over the life of even the lowest of slaves. IN Kievan Rus right death penalty owned by appanage and grand dukes. In Muscovite Rus' - the sovereign himself with the boyar duma.
In 1557 - 1558, at the same time when tens of thousands of peasants driven off the land were being enslaved in England, Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible issued a series of decrees limiting servitude. He pinned down the moneylenders and forcibly reduced the loan interest rates to 10% per annum. He forbade the captivity of serving people (nobles, children of boyars, archers, serving Cossacks) for debts. Their children, who became slaves for the debts of their parents, were freed immediately, and adults could file lawsuits to return to a free state. The sovereign also protected his subjects from forced enslavement. From now on, a person could be considered a serf only on the basis of “bondage,” a special document drawn up in a zemstvo institution. The king limited bondage even for prisoners. They also had to register bondage in accordance with the established procedure. The children of the “polonyanik” were considered free, and he himself was freed after the death of the owner and was not passed on by inheritance.
But we note that it would be incorrect to equate the terms “slave” and “slave” in general. Serfs were not only workers, but also housekeepers - managers of princely, boyar, and royal estates. There were military serfs who made up the personal squads of boyars and princes. They took an oath to the owner and served him, but at the same time they lost their legal independence. That is, this term determined a person's personal dependence.
By the way, in addresses to the tsar, not all people called themselves “servants”, but only servicemen - from an ordinary archer to a boyar. The clergy wrote to the king “we, your pilgrims.” And the common people, peasants and townspeople - “we, your orphans.” The designation “serf” was not self-deprecation, it expressed real relationship between the monarch and the given public group. Those who were in the service were indeed not free in relation to the sovereign: he could send them there today, here tomorrow, or give some order. From the form of appeal of the clergy, it is clear that the tsar is obliged to help them: they also support the sovereign with their prayers. And the address “orphan” indicates that the monarch stands “in place of a father” to the common people, obligated to take care of his children.
But the share of slaves in the Russian population and in the economy was extremely insignificant. Usually they were used only in the household. And serfdom in our country for a long time didn't exist at all. The peasants were free. If you don’t like it, you could leave the landowner for another place by paying a “senior fee” (a certain fee for the use of a hut, equipment, a plot of land - depending on the area and length of residence). Grand Duke Ivan III determined a single deadline for such transitions - a week before St. George's Day and a week after St. George's Day (from November 19 to December 3).
And only at the end of the 16th century did Boris Godunov change the situation. He was a “Westernizer” by nature, tried to copy foreign practices, and in 1593 he pushed Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich to adopt a decree abolishing St. George’s Day. And in 1597, Boris passed a law establishing a 5-year search for runaway peasants. Moreover, according to this law, any person who served for hire for six months became, together with his family, lifelong and hereditary slaves of the owner. This also hit the urban poor, small artisans, gave rise to a lot of abuses and became one of the causes of the Troubles.
Boris's law on servitude was soon repealed, but serfdom preserved after the Time of Troubles, it was confirmed by the Council Code of Alexei Mikhailovich in 1649. The search for fugitives was established not for 5 years, but for an indefinite period. But it is worth emphasizing that the very principle of serfdom in Rus' was very different from the Western one. It was not man, but the land that had a certain status! There were “black-growing” volosts. The peasants living here were considered free and paid taxes to the state. There were boyar or church estates. And there were estates. They were given to the nobles not for good, but for service, instead of payment. Every 2-3 years the estates were turned over and could go to another owner.
Accordingly, the peasants provided for the landowner, patrimonial owner, or worked for the church. They were “attached” to the ground. But at the same time they could completely manage their own household. They could bequeath it as an inheritance, donate it, sell it. And then the new owner, together with the farm, acquired the “tax” of paying taxes to the state or maintaining the landowner. And the former was freed from the “tax” and could go anywhere. Moreover, even if a person ran away, but managed to start a household or get married, Russian laws protected his rights and categorically forbade separating him from his family and depriving him of property.
IN In the 17th century, no more than half of the peasants in Russia were enslaved. All of Siberia, the North, and significant regions in the south were considered “sovereign estates”; there was no serfdom there. Tsars Mikhail Fedorovich and Alexei Mikhailovich also recognized the self-government of the Cossack regions, the law “there is no extradition from the Don.” Any fugitive who got there automatically became free. The rights of serfs and slaves were protected by the rural community, the Church, and they could find protection from the tsar himself. There was a “petition window” in the palace for filing complaints personally with the sovereign. For example, the serfs of Prince Obolensky complained that the owner forced them to work on Sunday and “barked obscenely.” Alexey Mikhailovich put Obolensky in prison for this and took away the village.
In Europe, by the way, the relationships between layers of society were much different, and because of this, misunderstandings occurred. It seemed to the high-ranking Danish ambassadors returning from Moscow that the Russian men were taking them slowly, and they began to push them forward with kicks. The coachmen were sincerely surprised by this treatment, unharnessed their horses near Nakhabino and declared: they were going to complain to the tsar. The Danes had to ask for forgiveness and appease the Russians with money and vodka. And the wife of an English general, who entered the service in Moscow, hated the maid and decided to brutally deal with her. She didn’t consider herself guilty - you never know, a noble lady tried to kill her servant! But in Russia this was not allowed. The tsar’s sentence read: given that the victim remained alive, the criminal would “only” have her hand cut off, her nostrils torn out and exiled to Siberia.
The position of the serfs began to deteriorate under Peter I. The redistribution of estates between nobles stopped, they turned into permanent property. And instead of “household” taxation, “per capita” taxation was introduced. Moreover, each landowner began to pay taxes for his serfs. Accordingly, he acted as the owner of these “souls”. True, it was Peter who was one of the first in Europe, in 1723, to ban slavery in Russia. But his decree did not affect the serfs. Moreover, Peter began to assign entire villages to factories, and the factory serfs had a much harder time than the landowners.
Trouble came under Anna Ioannovna and Biron, when the laws on serfs from Courland spread in Russia - the same ones where peasants were equated with slaves. That's when the infamous retail peasants.
What happened, happened. The excesses of Daria Saltykova are also known. These were no longer the times of Alexei Mikhailovich, and the lady managed to hide the crimes for 7 years. Although another thing can be noted: after all, two serfs still managed to file a complaint with Catherine II, an investigation began, and the maniac was sentenced to life imprisonment in the “penitential” cell of the Ivanovo Monastery. A completely adequate measure for a mentally ill person.
"The Liberation of the Peasants." Artist B. Kustodiev.
However, Saltychikha became “notorious” because in our country she was the only one who descended into atrocities that were quite common on those same American plantations. And the laws protecting the property rights of serfs have not been repealed in Russia. In 1769, Catherine II issued a decree calling on peasants to start private industries, for this it was necessary to buy for 2 rubles. special ticket to the manufacturing college. Since 1775, such tickets have been issued free of charge. Enterprising peasants took advantage of this, quickly made fortunes, bought their freedom, and then began buying up villages from their landowners. Serfdom began to weaken. Already during the reign of Nicholas I, its abolition was gradually being prepared. Although it was only abolished by Alexander II in 1861.
Following Columbus, slave trading ships began to cross the ocean.
But let us emphasize once again: for the 18th – 19th centuries, such phenomena remained common. England, which is traditionally portrayed as the most “advanced” power, in 1713, after the War of the Spanish Succession, considered the main gain not the conquest of Gibraltar, but the “aciento” - a monopoly on the sale of Africans in Latin America. The Dutch, French, Brandenburgers, Danes, Swedes, Courlanders, and Genoese were also active in the slave trade. Total slaves exported from Africa to America are estimated at 9.5 million people. About the same number died out along the way.
The French Revolution loudly abolished slavery in 1794, but in reality it flourished; French ships continued to trade in slaves. And Napoleon restored slavery in 1802. True, he forced the abolition of serfdom in Germany (in order to weaken the Germans), but he kept it in Poland and Lithuania - here the gentlemen were his support, why offend them?
Great Britain abolished slavery in 1833, Sweden in 1847, Denmark and France in 1848 - not so much ahead of Russia. By the way, it is worth remembering that the criteria of “freedom” themselves are in no way indicators of prosperity. Thus, in 1845, potatoes failed to grow in Ireland. Peasants, unable to pay rent because of this, began to be driven off the land and their farms destroyed. In 5 years, about a million people died of hunger! Did anything similar happen in feudal Russia? Never…
But this is so, by the way, it had to be. If we return to the chronology of the abolition of slavery, it turns out that not all Western powers in this regard overtook the Russians. Some fell behind. The Netherlands abolished it in 1863, the USA in 1865, Portugal in 1869, Brazil in 1888. Moreover, among the Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilians, and even in the American southern states, slavery took much more brutal forms than Russian serfdom.
It is also worth remembering that in American war Between the North and the South, the northerners were supported by Russia, and the southerners by England. And if slavery was abolished in the USA, in the 1860s – 1880s it was widely practiced by landowners in Australia. Here they actively hunted for slaves sea captains Hayes, Lewin, Pease, Boyes, Townes, Dr. Murray. The city of Townsville was even named after Townes. The exploits of these “heroes” consisted in the fact that they depopulated entire islands in Oceania, smashed and captured the inhabitants, stuffed them into holds and brought them to Australian plantations.
By the way, even in England itself, the first full-fledged legal act, officially prohibiting slavery and serfdom and recognizing them as a crime, was adopted... three years ago! This is the Coroners and Justice Act, which came into force on 6 April 2010. So why blame the Russians then?
Yes, the peasants of Russia worked hard and lived poorly, but they were not slaves either, because the sovereign’s power protected their human rights to life and not violence against them. The bondage was mainly economic and the fact that the peasant was assigned to the land of a specific landowner, on which he lived and had to work off his due dues, did not allow the peasant to rise financially. These heavy landlord burdens, placed on the peasants, and in the cities on the workers (a somewhat different situation), accumulated revolutionary potential in the souls of the people, which they were easily able to set on fire with promises better life Bolsheviks.
Life of a peasant around the 18th-19th century
At school we are taught that a slave is someone who is whipped to work, poorly fed, and can be killed at any moment. In the modern world, a slave is someone who does not even suspect that he, his family and all the people around him are slaves. The one who doesn’t even think about the fact that, in fact, he is completely powerless. That its owners, with the help of specially created laws, law enforcement agencies, utilities and, above all, with the help of money they can force him to do whatever they need of him.
Modern slavery- this is not the slavery of the past. It's different. And it is not built on forceful coercion, but on a change in consciousness. When from the proud and free man under the influence of certain technologies, through the influence of ideology, the power of money, fear and cynical lies, a mentally defective, easily controlled, corrupt person is obtained.
What are the megacities of the planet like? They can be compared to giant concentration camps inhabited by mentally broken, absolutely powerless residents.
As sad as it is, slavery is still with us. Here, today and now. Some people don't notice this, others don't want it. Someone is trying very hard to keep everything that way.
Of course, there was never any talk about complete equality of people. This is physically impossible. Someone is born 2 meters tall with a gorgeous appearance, in a good family. And some are forced to fight for their survival from the cradle. People are different, and what separates them the most are the decisions they make. The topic of this article is: “The illusion of equal rights of people in the modern world.” The illusion of a free world without slavery, which for some reason everyone unanimously believes in.
Slavery is a system of society where a person (slave) is the property of another person (master) or the state.
In paragraph 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN expanded the concept of a slave to any person who cannot voluntarily refuse to work.
For thousands of years, humanity lived in a slave system. The dominant class of society forced the weaker class to work for them under inhumane conditions. And if the abandonment of slavery had not been an empty shake of the air, it would not have happened so quickly and practically throughout the world. Simply, those in power came to the conclusion that they would be able to keep people in poverty, hunger and get everything necessary work for pennies. And so it happened.
The main families, the owners of the largest capital on the planet, have not gone away. They remained in the same dominant position and continued to profit from ordinary people. From 40% to 80% of people in any country in the world live below the poverty line not by their own free will or by accident. These people are not disabled, not mentally retarded, not lazy, and not criminals. But at the same time, they cannot afford to buy a car, real estate, or adequately defend their rights in court. Nothing! These people have to fight for their survival, working hard every day for ridiculous money. And this is even in countries with huge natural resources and in Peaceful time! In countries where there is no problem of overpopulation or any natural disasters. What is this?
Let's return to paragraph 4 of the Declaration of Human Rights. Do these people have the opportunity to give up work, move, or try themselves in another business? Spend a couple of years changing your specialty? No!
From 40% to 80% of people in almost every country in the world are slaves. And the gap between rich and poor people is getting deeper and deeper, and no one even hides this fact. Ruling families hand in hand with bankers they create a system aimed only at enriching themselves. A ordinary people left out of the game. Do you really think that real estate should cost that much in terms of working hours? common man? I’m already silent about how many territories, in fact, stand idle in almost any country. And it’s not a matter of overpriced real estate, it’s a matter of underpriced human life. We are worth nothing to our “masters”. We huddle in slums or concrete multi-story chicken coops. Then and with our own blood we earn enough for bread, clothes and 1 short semi-homeless holiday trip to the seaside per year. While the privileged classes of people (for example, bankers) draw any amount into their pockets with a simple stroke of the pen. Big capital dictates laws, fashion, and politics. Forms and destroys markets. What can an ordinary person oppose to a corporate machine? Nothing. If you have large capital, you can lobby your interests in the government and always win, regardless of the quality and nature of your activities. All these hopelessly flawed automobile factories, weapons factories, intermediaries in the raw materials industry, all these are feeding grounds for the elite. Which we serve together and fill for them.
Those in power send us to war, put us in cages for debt, limit the possibility of resettlement or the right to own weapons. Who are we if not slaves? And the saddest thing is that we ourselves are no less to blame for this than those who are now at the helm. They are to blame for their blindness and passivity.
Modern slavery takes sophisticated forms. This is the alienation of a people (community, population) from its natural resources and territories through unfair privatization (monopolization) of rights to generally useful territorial resources (miners, rivers and lakes, forests and lands. For example, laws protecting the monopoly ownership of huge resources of a community, people (population) ) territories, regions, countries, imposed by unscrupulous rulers (officials, “elected people”, representative power, legislative power) is such a form of alienation that allows one to argue about slave labor conditions and monopolies of the oligarchy; in essence, alienation and ownership schemes are implemented due to “defeat in rights" of part of the population and social groups. The concept of excess profits and inadequate remuneration is characteristic feature and a private definition of slavery - loss of rights to use the natural resources of territories and alienation of a share of labor with inadequate payment. Such loss of rights by court decision is applied in raider attacks, corruption schemes and in cases of fraud. For enslavement they use traditional debt schemes and lending at inflated prices. interest rates. The main feature of slavery is a violation of the principle of fair distribution of resources, rights and powers, used to enrich one group at the expense of another group and dependent behavior with a loss of rights. Any form of inadequate application of benefits and inequality in the distribution of resources is a hidden (implicit, partial) form of slavery certain groups population. None of the modern democracies (or other forms of self-organization of social life) are devoid of these remnants on the scale of entire states. A sign of such phenomena are entire institutions of society that are focused on combating such phenomena in the most extreme forms.
And the situation is only getting worse. Even if we assume that you are happy with your situation or can simply tolerate it. This system of enslavement needs to be stopped now, as it will be even harder for your children to do so.
Modern slaves are forced to work by the following hidden mechanisms:
1. Economic coercion of slaves to permanent work. A modern slave is forced to work non-stop until death, because... The funds earned by a slave in 1 month are enough to pay for housing for 1 month, food for 1 month and travel for 1 month. Since a modern slave always has enough money for only 1 month, a modern slave is forced to work all his life until death. The pension is also a big fiction, because... The pensioner slave pays his entire pension for housing and food, and the pensioner slave has no free money left.
2. The second mechanism of hidden coercion of slaves to work is the creation of artificial demand for pseudo-necessary goods, which are imposed on the slave with the help of TV advertising, PR, location of goods on certain places store. The modern slave is involved in an endless race for “new products”, and for this he is forced to constantly work.
3. The third hidden mechanism of economic coercion of modern slaves is credit system, with the “help” of which modern slaves more and more are drawn into credit bondage, through the mechanism of “loan interest”. Every day a modern slave needs more and more, because... A modern slave, in order to pay off an interest-bearing loan, takes out a new loan without paying off the old one, creating a pyramid of debts. The debt that constantly hangs over the modern slave well stimulates the modern slave to work even for meager wages.
4. The fourth mechanism to force modern slaves to work for the hidden slave owner is the myth of the state. A modern slave believes that he is working for the state, but in fact the slave is working for a pseudo-state, because... The slave's money goes into the pockets of the slave owners, and the concept of the state is used to cloud the brains of the slaves, so that the slaves do not ask unnecessary questions like: why do slaves work all their lives and always remain poor? And why don't slaves have a share of the profits? And who exactly is the money paid by slaves in the form of taxes transferred to?
5. The fifth mechanism of hidden coercion of slaves is the mechanism of inflation. The rise in prices in the absence of an increase in the slave's wages ensures a hidden, unnoticeable robbery of slaves. Thus, the modern slave becomes more and more poor.
6. The sixth hidden mechanism to force a slave to work for free: deprive the slave of funds to move and buy real estate in another city or another country. This mechanism forces modern slaves to work at one city-forming enterprise and “endure” enslaving conditions, because... The slaves simply have no other conditions and the slaves have nothing and nowhere to escape.
7. The seventh mechanism that forces a slave to work for free is the concealment of information about the real cost of the slave’s labor, the real cost of the goods that the slave produced. And the share of the slave's wages that the slave owner takes through the mechanism accounting accrual, taking advantage of the ignorance of the slaves and the lack of control of the slaves over the surplus value that the slave owner takes for himself.
8. So that modern slaves do not demand their share of the profits, do not demand to give back what they earned from their fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, great-great-grandfathers, etc. There is a silencing of the facts of plundering into the pockets of slave owners of resources that were created by numerous generations of slaves over a thousand-year history.
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