On 4/27/2015 3:39 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "W. Lohman" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 4/26/2015 5:14 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "W. Lohman" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 4/26/2015 4:27 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:09:16 -0600, "W. Lohman" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/26/2015 4:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2015-04-26 5:54 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Racist Brits and Aussies seem to do that. Americans are proud of
>>>>>>>> their roots, but they have divided their populations into us vs
>>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are they? Many of anglo ancestry seem to want to disassociate
>>>>>>> themselves
>>>>>>> from the nation that spawned an empire that spanned the globe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You mean the 'white guilt" tribe?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then there is about 10% of the population that are descendants of
>>>>>>> slaves who
>>>>>>> seem to want to blame their current woes on the institution of
>>>>>>> slavery,
>>>>>>> which went down the tubes 150 years ago... 6 generations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unsurprisingly that institution produced a multi-generational self
>>>>>> esteem deficit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A sad but observable malady still being acted out.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Slavery is alive and well in the South and being expanded as other
>>>>> states adopt "right to work".
>>>>>
>>>> Nah, choice is _always_ present.
>>>>
>>>> No one owns other folks.
>>>
>>> Some for all intents and purposes, do.
>>
>> Ummm. no.
>>
>>> If the person is working for
>>> them against their will or because they have no other choice in order to
>>> survive, they may not be able to get away.
>>
>> Where?
>
> Right here in this country. People from other countries, usually young,
> single women, apply for a job via an ad. They think they are coming
> here to be a housekeeper or some such thing but are instead kept as sex
> slave. Sometimes they are even sold by their own parents. There have
> been countless shows on TV about this.

Ok.

That aspect does exist, generally amongst immigrants.

>>
>>> Especially if they do not
>>> speak the language in the country where they are, have been brainwashed
>>> to believe they can not escape, have been threatened with death or death
>>> of family should they try to escape, have been beaten or starved from
>>> trying to escape, have people watching them like a hawk, I could go on
>>> and on... No, it's not a super common thing but alas it is more common
>>> than most of us might think.
>>
>> In which nations?
>
> Probably all of them but certainly here.


Agreed.

But not corporations.