Let's bring back Slavery, with a new Twist.

[SKA]

Okay I'm sure I've got your attention now. Mankind has long practised something VERY VERY nasty; Slavery. They would conquer land with great armies, then capture all people and enslave them. Men, if not killed in the war, would be enslaved as hard labour slaves on farms, plantations, railroads, building..etc and women would be enslaved as sexslaves and house-servants. Sometimes entire continents have been sacked, pillaged and enslaved. Disgusting. No discussion possible. However, I look at the laws in our countries, specifically in my own, and see alot of it is REALLY crooked. People either get ALOT of Jailtime and/or BIG fines for things that are only minorly or not at all immoral: Dealing, Possessing or using drugs like Cannabis, Mushrooms, DMT, LSD, Peyote or Ayahuasca. Working outside of the law without paying taxes; honoust, normal, hard work and keeping the income a 100% to yourself. Etc... I bet you American residents can fill this list up with ALOT more of these overly severe punishments for rediculously, harmless things. OR people get WAY too little jailtime(especially here in The Netherlands): Murderers getting no more than 15 years here very often, Rapists the same story, Pedophiles, Child molesters, Extortioners: people who violently force hardworking businessmen to give them all their money, Heroin, Cocaine and Crack dealers, Men who imprison illegal imigrant women to force them into prostitution, Dishonoust Business Elites and Stock brokers that MASSIVELY fraud and make all our money disappear into their hidden pockets and cause misery such as the Bank crisis now seen in America and also here in The Netherlands.etc etc etc... The last Cathegory of people are the Scum of the earth and the cause for our pain today and allways have been. Now here's were Slavery comes into the story again: These people are, in my eyes, not worth the light in their eyes. Now I'm against deathsentence as it is barbaric and uneconomical. Yes you could employ all these worthless, lowlife murderers, rapists, pedophiles, child molesters, heroin dealers as SLAVES to return a favour for all the evil they've done. Every lowlife worthless inhuman being could be put to work to make ALOT of products we need in our society. FREE Employees. That would help ALOT of companies and businesses. So these offenders could be AND more severely punished AND at the same time greatly benefit our economies by means of Free Employment: Slavery. I imagine LARGE scale workshops in Prisons where these lowlifes could spend the rest of their lives working for free and saving ALOT of companies ALOT of money they'd otherwise have to pay to normal employees. The state should majorly cash in on this too, since government fundings for companies are likely to go down or disappear completely when they employ these free slaves, and thus making a whole lot more money available once again for other things that need to be financed. Like Healthcare, Education and other national issues that desperately require more government funding. Whataya say? (anything goes, but keep it civilised)

[Jeff777]

Or we could just enslave the homeless.

[ClouD]

Continuing to take away material freedom, whilst giving more power to companies? Companies make money so the people up top can have more freedom, power, etc. They supply a need or want, in return for having their needs and wants satisfied and more. Forget society, it's chaotic at any level with any government. People have never been content. There's always someone that has to pick up your slack. The battle for freedom is at a personal level, and people's perception of the world they live in. Restricting others' material freedom is the only way for you to have material freedom. Each person's very existence is total consumption, along with each plant and animal. It's like a pond, where everyone and everything is another ripple, always trying to get bigger and bigger so it doesn't disappear. There's not much to say, it's all a big ball of chaos on the surface of the pond, but as a whole body everything just is. Revolution is pseudo as with everything, life is slavery.

[tkdyo]

honestly...that would be a great idea. However, what about all the hardworking citizens that need jobs? Where will they go?

[priestofmyownchurch]

They're already making license plates. You're plan is just the next logical step. Hell, they get cable in prison, and eat three square meals a day. I don't even get that and I'm "free".

[Xaqaria]

Never heard of a chain gang, huh?

[Neruo]

I say we just enslave the hippies.