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minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoThat’s an extremely simplistic view of a very complicated problem.
minus-squaremagicbeans@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agothis is a thought terminating cliche
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoIt’s true though. There are many forms of modern day slavery and the vast majority is not due to an inability of the enslaved people to exert violence onto their slavers.
minus-squaremagicbeans@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agobeing armed enables vulnerable people to prevent their exploitation.
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoNo it doesn’t. All it will do is get them into an even shittier situation. Take for example debt bondage in India. Give a person in debt bondage a gun, what should they do with it, according to you?
That’s an extremely simplistic view of a very complicated problem.
this is a thought terminating cliche
It’s true though.
There are many forms of modern day slavery and the vast majority is not due to an inability of the enslaved people to exert violence onto their slavers.
being armed enables vulnerable people to prevent their exploitation.
No it doesn’t. All it will do is get them into an even shittier situation.
Take for example debt bondage in India. Give a person in debt bondage a gun, what should they do with it, according to you?