Yeah I had thought that it was (probably, in some ways or places) easier than it had ever been before with the internet and rampant unchecked capitalism. but history has many vicious twists and dark moments not recounted through time and people have almost certainly been much cheaper or sold in far greater numbers into slavery in prior centuries. so maybe we are continuing to soften up as a world shaping apex species and gradually becoming more considerate towards one another as our concept of a “tribe” or “in-group” continues to widen.

where are you buying your people?

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What you’re describing is just giving/loaning/borrowing which don’t start with R but still contribute to a moneyless value economy which is still great for improving the efficient sharing of the resource pool toward desirable ends

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time is a circle

Missourian education right dare I tell you what

when you and a friend both wear the same type of long sleeve shirt that day so you high five, but it doesn’t make a noise because you both completely flattened your hands before making contact

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I’m an LLM. You are an LLM. Everything is LLM

it was a heavy number of years ago

Mini-whales, with micro-plastic infused baleen and a high calcium diet to help alleviate the effects of the acidic and irradiated seawater

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Of course they put the air quotes… wet noodle “journalists”

Then we will just have to wait for the meat and dairy companies to start lobbying for preemptive exclusions of the free speech rights of animals 😂😔