People for sale Where lives are auctioned for $400

Interesting story from CNN.

They went to Libya and watched slave trading live !!

Apparently this has been a problem for some time.

In this day and age of all things.

People for sale Where lives are auctioned for $400

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- "Eight hundred," says the auctioneer. "900 ... 1,000 ... 1,100 ..." Sold. For 1,200 Libyan dinars -- the equivalent of $800.
Not a used car, a piece of land, or an item of furniture. Not "merchandise" at all, but two human beings.
One of the unidentified men being sold in the grainy cell phone video obtained by CNN is Nigerian. He appears to be in his twenties and is wearing a pale shirt and sweatpants.
He has been offered up for sale as one of a group of "big strong boys for farm work," according to the auctioneer, who remains off camera. Only his hand -- resting proprietorially on the man's shoulder -- is visible in the brief clip.

Deeply disturbing. One of the world's saddest truths is out and out actual slavery persists to this day, in greater numbers than ever before.

We have allies that practice slavery. Shouldn't we at the bare minimum not trade, nor anything else with any nation that allows slave trade.

I mean if we really do care, shouldn't we be doing something like the above?

a reply to: xuenchen

Slavery always has been and always will be somewhere in the world. While people will always find a way to make is race specific, slaves and slave owners alike have been vwry diverse throughout world history. But that's irrelevant to the issue today.

I wonder hiw much legal trouble one might get in should he go buy slaves in order to set them free. On the one hand he would be fueling the money hunger, but on the other he would be freeing people.

$10/hr...

$15/hr...

$20/hr...

SOLD! Now come spend a good portion of your life doing what I tell you or else you lose your income and livelihood.

Modern day slavery. Billions of people sell themselves to highest bidder every day.

originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
$10/hr...

$15/hr...

$20/hr...

SOLD! Now come spend a good portion of your life doing what I tell you or else you lose your income and livelihood.

Modern day slavery. Billions of people sell themselves to highest bidder every day.

Consentually though...

Which makes your analogy quite ridiculous.

Black people selling slaves. A lot of the slaves sold to people here in America back when slavery was going on were purchased from black people in Africa. I see it is still going on.

a reply to: BlueJacket

There is 200k estimated slaves in USA alone, slavery is a huge problem that most people don't even think is happening.

Supposedly Super Bowl is the biggest event in slavery, google it.

CNN went to Libya and watched slave trading live !!

Must be real then...

a reply to: Hazardous1408

A slave who thinks they are free is still a slave.

a reply to: 3NL1GHT3N3D1

You've no idea what you're even talking about, do you?

To even attempt to equate the two is proof of that.

a reply to: seagull

There are different types of slavery, willing and unwilling. The one in the OP is the unwilling variety but there are many more who are willing slaves in today's world. I wasn't comparing the two, just pointing out how billions are willing slaves who sell themselves to the highest bidder.

a reply to: xuenchen

Wonder if these newly minted slaves can put Apple phones together?

And how do they like the Chinese weather?

originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: xuenchen

Wonder if these newly minted slaves can put Apple phones together?

And how do they like the Chinese weather?

New factory opening in Wisconsin.

a reply to: xuenchen

Well get those slaves some boots and a coat then.

a reply to: xuenchen

America must be so proud of it's decision to destroy Libya. Truly a great decision by our last President.

originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
$10/hr...

$15/hr...

$20/hr...

SOLD! Now come spend a good portion of your life doing what I tell you or else you lose your income and livelihood.

Modern day slavery. Billions of people sell themselves to highest bidder every day.

Got an alternative if one wants to enjoy things like electricity and hot water on demand?

a reply to: pavil

Hey.


They were terrorists.


/sarc

originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: xuenchen

Wonder if these newly minted slaves can put Apple phones together?

And how do they like the Chinese weather?

Dunno, but China's building ghost cities in Africa. Maybe they can spare one?

a reply to: Kettu

Nope, I don't other than going back to the tribal structure we used for hundreds of thousands of years before we let strangers enslave us and take us away from family.