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It is crazy how Whitewashed the practice of roman slavery has become (thelemmy.club)
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[-] MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 59 points 3 days ago

At least Justinian was on the right track when he wrote that slavery is wrong when he rewrote the laws on slavery.

  1. Freedom, from which men are said to be free, is the natural power of doing what we each please, unless prevented by force or by law.
  1. Slavery is an institution of the law of nations, by which one man is made the property of another, contrary to natural right.

So close yet so far away haha

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 43 points 3 days ago

"this is wrong, but also really useful so we're going to do it and pretend to feel bad"

[-] Brummbaer@pawb.social 38 points 3 days ago

That's why I hate this idea that you can't judge things by "modern" standards. People always knew it was wring but decided to do it anyway.

[-] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago

I mean, I think future generations will judge us harshly.

[-] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Can't blame them. When billionaires exist, while hundreds of millions don't have enough to eat, there's plenty to judge.

this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2026
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