So, what is a slave? How do we define a slave? What test do we use to
tell if someone is a slave. What makes them different from free people?
Free people can say "no". Free people can refuse demands for their
money, time, and children. Slaves cannot. There is no freedom without
the freedom to say "no". If someone demands that you do something and
you can say "no" and refuse to do it, then you are a free human being.
If you can be forced to do something or surrender something that you do
not wish to, then you are a slave. No other test need be applied.
When you are forced to surrender half your life's work to the government
in ever-increasing taxes, then you are a slave.Throughout history,
slaves were expected to perform the work needed for their own upkeep,
then perform additional work for the rulers. For Roman slaves, the ratio
of work-for-self versus work-for-rulers was about 50-50. The same ratio
applied to Medieval Serfs, and even to the slaves of the American south.
And, when you add up all the overt taxes, covert fees, tariffs, excises,
plus the increased price you pay for products to pay the taxes of the
companies that make those products, you will find that Americans are at
that same "half-for-self" versus "half-for-rulers" ratio! Can you say
"no" to the confiscation of half of your life? Can you even get the
masters to maybe reduce the burden by a significant amount? No?
Congratulations. You are a slave.
Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:04 pm
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Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 707 Location: Toronto,Canada (biggest Canadian city)
Almost everyone in this world knows they are a slave but everyone doesn't do anything about it. It basically means we deserve it if we don't join up and fight against it.
slave (n.)
c.1290, "person who is the property of another," from O.Fr. esclave, from M.L. Sclavus "slave" (cf. It. schiavo, Fr. esclave, Sp. esclavo), originally "Slav" (see Slav), so called because of the many Slavs sold into slavery by conquering peoples.
"This sense development arose in the consequence of the wars waged by Otto the Great and his successors against the Slavs, a great number of whom they took captive and sold into slavery." [Klein]
O.E. Wealh "Briton" also began to be used in the sense of "serf, slave" c.850; and Skt. dasa-, which can mean "slave," is apparently connected to dasyu- "pre-Aryan inhabitant of India." More common O.E. words for slave were þeow (related to þeowian "to serve") and þræl (see thrall). The Slavic words for "slave" (Rus. rab, Serbo-Croatian rob, O.C.S. rabu) are from O.Slav. *orbu, from the PIE base *orbh- (also source of orphan) the ground sense of which seems to be "thing that changes allegiance" (in the case of the slave, from himself to his master). The Slavic word is also the source of robot. Applied to devices from 1904, especially those which are controlled by others (cf. slave jib in sailing, similarly of locomotives, flash bulbs, amplifiers). Slavery is from 1551; slavish is attested from 1565; in the sense of "servilely imitative" it is from 1753. slave-driver is attested from 1807. In U.S. history, slavocracy "the political dominance of slave-owners" is attested from 1840.
serf
1483, "slave," from M.Fr. serf, from L. servum (nom. servus) "slave" (see serve). Fallen from use in original sense by 18c. Meaning "lowest class of cultivators of the soil in continental European countries" is from 1611. Use by modern writers with ref. to medieval Europeans first recorded 1761 (contemporary Anglo-L. records used nativus, villanus or servus). Serfdom first attested 1850.
Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 42 Location: I love everyone
everyone has their fear, because weak minded, or just pussies... they wouldn't do things that others does not like
would you walk outside naked, due to fear of neighbors calling police on you most would not.
you can be sent to mental institute and be treated for "insanity" or whatever, the term can used in their favor to judge someone for being out of the ordinary.
Either you are a genius or you're a retard. sometime genius is seen as retards and retards as genius depends how you look at it...
I believe we are free because we are not in jail. Being in jail is slavery.
Slaves = do what you are told, monitored 24hrs a day, locked up in a cage.
Prisoner got what they deserves so jail is good for them... If they are allowed to do as they please, they would do much harm to society.
What's the difference between a criminal, a prisoner or inmates, they are slaves.
We not let ourselves be confused between a slave and a free citizen.
Citizens are free but sometime too much freedom can do them harm still.
Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:21 am
alexclaton VIP
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 688 Location: Hell on earth
samantha wrote:
I believe we are free because we are not in jail. Being in jail is slavery.
Slaves = do what you are told, monitored 24hrs a day, locked up in a cage.
Prisoner got what they deserves so jail is good for them... If they are allowed to do as they please, they would do much harm to society.
What's the difference between a criminal, a prisoner or inmates, they are slaves.
We not let ourselves be confused between a slave and a free citizen.
Citizens are free but sometime too much freedom can do them harm still.
citizens do as they are told, are monitered 24/7 and lock themselves in a cage...
no offence but anyone that says too much freedom can do harm is a fool....
if too much freedom scares u by all means dont leave ur home...
