Comment on It is crazy how Whitewashed the practice of roman slavery has become
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoThey seem to torture them just because. In pretty much any minority ruled states the majority were/are just generally abused. See South Africa, the US, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, India (castes), etc etc.
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 day ago
They also do a lot of labor. There is more to their existence than the worst of abuses. Looking at slavery and minority rules is abhorrent from a humanitarian perspective, but there is more to daily life than the worst of the worst.
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yet, the worst of the worst happened with enough frequency and banality. That’s really all the meme states. Being a slave has always been slavery no matter who the masters are.
PugJesus@piefed.social 1 day ago
The meme implies that “the reality” of Roman slavery involved branding and amputation, when neither are reliably attested to.