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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
Debt bondage exists mainly (perhaps entirely) through government endorsement. Everything from historical American plantation slavery to current Saudi Arabian debt slavery are dependent on protections of the slave owners by their governments.
I agree. There have been and continue to be cunty governments. But debt bondage is more prevalent in some countries with governments than it is others, maybe because some governments suck more than others? To pretend that debt bondage only exists because of government is ridiculous though. It exists more easily when governments are extremely corrupt and easily purchased but when you consider lower rates of debt bondage in countries with more "mature" governments I don't know how you can pretend that this validates the notion that government in inherently bad.
You start to sound like a wingnut when you boil every every single problem down to the existence of government. Not to undermine the influence government has, but issues are more multi-faceted than simple government influence.
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