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MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 7 months agoGood thing others already did the work for me: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery
Since you’re the one making the claim that not all cultures have a history of it, I’ll leave it to you to find me a single counterexample of a culture that never practiced it. But even if that should exist, I think there’s certainly overwhelming evidence that it was extremely widespread and common practice on every single continent at some point in history.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s not how extraordinary claims work. Nothing in that article says ‘all cultures’ it just lists the cultures that are known to have.
Cute though, nice try.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Okay, I change my claim to “almost all cultures”. I think there’s enough evidence here to support that.
Happy now?
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Why is it so important to you that “almost all cultures” practiced slavery? What does that do for you?
It doesn’t absolve the inherent evil of the institution. No amount of “well billy and tommy did it too” makes it right, kiddo.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 7 months ago
At the risk of repeating myself: “they practiced slavery” isn’t an argument you can just throw at any race or nationality in particular without inflicting massive self-damage.
I never claimed that. But I’m still waiting for you to find me a single example of a culture that never practiced slavery.