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The world is ending but here's a side quest - will RPGs ever solve their urgency problem? (www.eurogamer.net)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Most diseases that would have killed you a few hundred years ago have been solved

RFK wants to ban vaccines entirely in the US. They'll come back frighteningly fast if he does that. They're only "solved" as long as we keep up our vigilance.

in most of the world slavery has been eradicated.

There are more slaves alive today than at any point in history.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

But much much less as a percent of population.

I don't want to diminish slavery in any way, but the indebted servitude of now is very different to the, for example, Roman concept of slaves as property that you walk through the street with.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t want to diminish slavery in any way

Speaking of the ambiguity of language...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

hahahah

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We talking IDE slaves? Or on a serious matter, got any source for your claims?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

The 13th amendment specifically allows it, my friend.

USA has one of the highest prison populations per capita in the world. Further, the only countries that outpace it are small, smaller than most US states. Cuba, Rwanda, El Salvador, Turkmenistan, and American Somoa are the only countries with higher prison populations per capita, and those are all much smaller counties than USA.

Why do you think the right wing wants to criminalize everything? Because the more people are in prison, the more free labor you have.