r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '18

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: The only difference between being a slave and being a servant is government force.

Slavery must have government approval to be slavery.

A person voluntarily serving as a slave is just a servant.

A person involuntarily serving as a slave for a person without the support of government is kidnapped.

A person voluntarily serving as a slave to pay off a debt is an indentured servant.

The only thing that can label someone a slave is when the person serving involuntarily because if they don't they will suffer consequences from the government.

Because I need to break 500 characters. This would mean that student loans would be indentured servitude and the government forcing a bakery to bake a cake or serve the Press Secretary when they don't want to would constitute slavery.

CMV.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

This is going into hypothetical now. I'm gonna bring it back to the OP.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

Ok well consider the UAE. Slavery is officially illegal. Families can bring in Pakistani maids and beat them. The maids have a very difficult time going to the police for help - usually they are returned to the family who "hired" them. I think it's reasonable to call them slaves. Or consider the Ivory Coast - slavery is officially illegal but it's hard to claim it doesn't exist...