miseamhain's review
4.0
An interesting short work (1hr/35pages) that makes for good conversation fodder.
In the Western world we view slavery primarily through the experience of black Americans slaves that existed in a race-based chattel slavery.
The author reminds us that slavery has existed for longer than that and there are very few of us that at some point in our history, we have not been both slave owner and slaves.
Probably the most interesting point is when you were asked to mentally engage with the idea that slaves are not people would rather they are human machines.
If your Tesla or toaster suddenly started complaining that it did not want to work, how quickly would you afford it the same rights and dignity as a "person"?
I get the feeling this could have made the basis for an interesting book and the thing that stops me waiting at higher is that there wasn't enough detail. The thing that stops me rating at lower is that the author is upfront on what the book is and doesn't claim for it to be anything else.
In the Western world we view slavery primarily through the experience of black Americans slaves that existed in a race-based chattel slavery.
The author reminds us that slavery has existed for longer than that and there are very few of us that at some point in our history, we have not been both slave owner and slaves.
Probably the most interesting point is when you were asked to mentally engage with the idea that slaves are not people would rather they are human machines.
If your Tesla or toaster suddenly started complaining that it did not want to work, how quickly would you afford it the same rights and dignity as a "person"?
I get the feeling this could have made the basis for an interesting book and the thing that stops me waiting at higher is that there wasn't enough detail. The thing that stops me rating at lower is that the author is upfront on what the book is and doesn't claim for it to be anything else.
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