Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Pre-book review

I'm currently reading Cannibals All! Slaves without Masters by George Fitzhugh:

http://reactor-core.org/cannibals-all.html#fitz33

It's an argument for slavery and I think toward socialism at the same time. I'm reading it mainly because a quote by Eric Foreman in an episode of House where he said all the masters thought they were doing slaves a favor (and for hundreds of years slaves apparently did not mind). I really want some insight into the mind of the average slave. I think our society currently may have it about right (where young people working their way up go through a semi-slave phase where they do equal or greater work than adults but receive little to no pay). If I were designing a society, this is probably how I'd do it. Quinn objects to this of course and makes a strong argument against it, but I believe the argument in favor of young-slavery is just as strong + is tradition so it is the prevailing system.

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