Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWould you be surprised at all if there was a re-emergence of slavery in the United States?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down115
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWould you be surprised at all if there was a re-emergence of slavery in the United States?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squaresanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoIf you aren’t accounting for the change in population and you’re just comparing the estimated number of slaves, then you are definitely correct. However, I think its probably better to measure what percentage of the population is made up of slaves.
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoAlways loved this logic. There’s more people enslaved today than there ever has been in the history of the world No no, let’s not think about it that way - The percentage of people that are slaves is roughly the same or decreasing 🥰🥰🥰
If you aren’t accounting for the change in population and you’re just comparing the estimated number of slaves, then you are definitely correct. However, I think its probably better to measure what percentage of the population is made up of slaves.
Always loved this logic.
There’s more people enslaved today than there ever has been in the history of the world
No no, let’s not think about it that way -
The percentage of people that are slaves is roughly the same or decreasing 🥰🥰🥰