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BainsBane

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10. This is about actual slavery

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 08:14 PM

Jul 2015

not "corporate enslavement," or low-wage labor. People being owned by other human beings. There are more people living in slavery now that at any point in human history. That is prior to TPP negotiations. Hundreds of thousands of those slaves are held in bondage in the US. They work in textiles, slaughterhouses, domestic service, and in the sex industry.

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A Little Slavery and Some Mass Graves Won’t Deter Obama From the TPP [View all] brentspeak Jul 2015 OP

Life is complex and stuff. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #1

In a nutshell: the TPP reeks of corporate enslavement, outsourcing US jobs 99th_Monkey Jul 2015 #2

This is about actual slavery BainsBane Jul 2015 #10

I don't doubt what you say, not at all, sadly. nt 99th_Monkey Jul 2015 #11

how ironic that slavery is not only overlooked deliberately but affirmed by a black President. roguevalley Jul 2015 #3

He will be laughing all the way to the bank. hifiguy Jul 2015 #4

ODS rears its ugly head again... YoungDemCA Jul 2015 #5

TPP rears its ugly head again Skittles Jul 2015 #8

It figures. Unknown Beatle Jul 2015 #6

K&R! Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #7

I guess it took TPP to make people care about modern-day slavery on this site BainsBane Jul 2015 #9

You are not wrong, but at least it doesn't have the Presidential stamp of approval. GoneFishin Jul 2015 #12

Tell me about JonLP24 Jul 2015 #13

That I did not know BainsBane Jul 2015 #14

It is JonLP24 Jul 2015 #15