this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
171 points (97.8% liked)
news
809 readers
911 users here now
A lightweight news hub to help decentralize the fediverse load: mirror and discuss headlines here so the giant instance communities aren’t a single choke-point.
Rules:
- Recent news articles only (past 30 days)
- Title must match the headline or neutrally describe the content
- Avoid duplicates & spam (search before posting; batch minor updates).
- Be civil; no hate or personal attacks.
- No link shorteners
- No entire article in the post body
founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I mean, genocide is probably worse. Not to imply that slavery is good in any way. (Although slavery likely does fit the definition of genocide.)
This vote was specifically about the transatlantic trade, which was a genocide.
I was thinking of this - Yes, slavery is bad. But is there truly nothing worse that can be done?
I'm guessing it might be because slavery was institutionalized over such a long period, that the generational exploitation makes it worse.
Once several generations of a lineage are treated like property, I guess one could argue that it's worse than a single murder. Now, extrapolate this past a single individual/lineage, and I would reason that along the same logic, slavery is worse than genocide.
I could see arguments either way. But slavery has numbers and sheer length of time.
yeah there is a lot of variables. Im kinda more pissed off if you keep me in horrid conditions and for me to work by force of pain than kill me painlessly but if I had a lot of rights and was taken pretty good care of vs being killed slowly and painfully. When it comes down to it I don't want any of those scenarios. I mean maybe the quick and painless death in some scenarios of life.