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Originally Posted by Adrienne Baptiste
Eh,
What about those who get trafficked into this country in exchange for mediocre wages and a work visa?
No one is talking about that system of organized industrial slavery.
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True, at the larger public discourse it's not getting discussed. But people involved in permaculture, self reliance, organic gardening and food justice are keenly aware of it and do openly discuss it.
And then my Anarcho-Communist friends would argue that anyone that works for an hourly wage is a "wage slave".
I did watch a good part of the Red Light/Green Light doc. They basically broke it down as follows, 2% of women are truly independent, 35-40% are there due to coercion (be it economic, pimp, etc) leaving 58-63% being trafficked. I haven't found the source for their numbers (as of yet) but it doesn't pass the sniff test (as a data analyst).
And a side note if you've never heard of Polyface Farms or Joel Salatin you should look them up and give them a read sometime.