To clarify, a higher total number, not a higher per Capita/percentage. Also, while modern slavery is definitely terrible, it also is very different from how most people I think conceptualize slavery, like chattel slavery.
That is not what that article is saying. All of their data is on modern slavery, not all of recorded human history. 1 in 150 people equals 0.67%. If you take just the slaves in the US and the serfs in Russia in 1860 (~4m and ~27m respectively) against the estimated world population in 1860, that made up 2.25% of the population. This doesn’t include any other slaves in the rest of the world at the time.
So yes, modern slavery is increasing and is an important issue. No, there are not more slaves now than ever before.
The UN taskforce report clearly states that there are more slaves now than ever before. Personally, I don’t think that this is an issue that should be justified with ratios.
I’m sure the people in slavery are really happy that slavery is at its lowest level per capita in recorded human history!
But yeah it is such a big problem we need a lot of effort in solving. It’s not like you just can’t enslave people or anything. Gosh I hope people come up with something eventually because I can’t think of one dang solution to this big ol problem.
We’re like 5 comments deep in a Lemmy meme thread about a recycled webcomic and you think I’m undermining actual efforts to end slavery? You’re actually stupid lol. Please explain to me where the “actual effort” is so I can laugh at you more than I already am.
Here’s your daily reminder that there are more slaves now than there have ever been in recorded human history.
To clarify, a higher total number, not a higher per Capita/percentage. Also, while modern slavery is definitely terrible, it also is very different from how most people I think conceptualize slavery, like chattel slavery.
That is not what that article is saying. All of their data is on modern slavery, not all of recorded human history. 1 in 150 people equals 0.67%. If you take just the slaves in the US and the serfs in Russia in 1860 (~4m and ~27m respectively) against the estimated world population in 1860, that made up 2.25% of the population. This doesn’t include any other slaves in the rest of the world at the time.
So yes, modern slavery is increasing and is an important issue. No, there are not more slaves now than ever before.
The UN taskforce report clearly states that there are more slaves now than ever before. Personally, I don’t think that this is an issue that should be justified with ratios.
Using numbers to quantify is scope of the problem isn’t justifying it.
And that they make up a lower proportion of all humans than at any point in recorded human history.
It’s a big problem but it’s one that people are putting a lot of effort into solving.
I’m sure the people in slavery are really happy that slavery is at its lowest level per capita in recorded human history!
But yeah it is such a big problem we need a lot of effort in solving. It’s not like you just can’t enslave people or anything. Gosh I hope people come up with something eventually because I can’t think of one dang solution to this big ol problem.
I’m sure people in slavery are really happy with a random someone posting bullshit in an effort to undermine actual efforts to free them.
We’re like 5 comments deep in a Lemmy meme thread about a recycled webcomic and you think I’m undermining actual efforts to end slavery? You’re actually stupid lol. Please explain to me where the “actual effort” is so I can laugh at you more than I already am.
Is penal slavery counted? Because if not, you can add about 5 million from the US alone.
There are 7+ billion people on Earth as opposed to ~2 billion in 1960, so factor that in.