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Originally Posted by 3catcircus
I stand by the facts as I've listed them. Prove me wrong.
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First and foremost, the fates described in the articles you provided are horrible and to be condemned. The stem from practises that are illegal in europe (but outragiously) still happen.
But it's not slavery. It seems nit-picky but is really important. Those people act the way they do not because they are owned and held, but out of an economic pressure forced onto them by a system quite similar to the quintessential consequence of a system you cheer to. This is also important. Because all of europe is socialist (remember?), even that (meaning these working conditions) are illegal.
Besides, we are not playing the blame-game but - as a sidenote - I want to point out a quote from your article, that this situation also
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“helped keep Iran’s economy alive in the face of American sanctions,”
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Edit: we're also not sex-trafficing kids and eat their faces. or whatever some also believe.