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minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days agoIt’s true though. There are many forms of modern day slavery and the vast majority is not due to an inability of the enslaved people to exert violence onto their slavers.
minus-squaremagicbeanslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agobeing armed enables vulnerable people to prevent their exploitation.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days agoNo it doesn’t. All it will do is get them into an even shittier situation. Take for example debt bondage in India. Give a person in debt bondage a gun, what should they do with it, according to you?
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It’s true though.
There are many forms of modern day slavery and the vast majority is not due to an inability of the enslaved people to exert violence onto their slavers.
being armed enables vulnerable people to prevent their exploitation.
No it doesn’t. All it will do is get them into an even shittier situation.
Take for example debt bondage in India. Give a person in debt bondage a gun, what should they do with it, according to you?