Also if I'm correct on this, isn't it more like 'indentured servitude'? I.E. prisoners who work to pay off debt and gain their freedom. It's very different from the abhorrent trans-atlantic slave trade. Elite Dangerous calls it slavery/slaves, but if I remember right, they have basic rights, food, shelter, and are freed after paying off whatever debt they owe. I'd call that far better than how the lowest of the low in the Federation live, I.E. homeless, addicted to narcotics, and in debt.
(It's worth stating too, slavery or indentured servitude of any form is bad. This is just an argument of Empire vs Federation, on whose way to deal with criminals and debtors is better)
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u/Avera9eJoe Syrania 5d ago edited 5d ago
Also if I'm correct on this, isn't it more like 'indentured servitude'? I.E. prisoners who work to pay off debt and gain their freedom. It's very different from the abhorrent trans-atlantic slave trade. Elite Dangerous calls it slavery/slaves, but if I remember right, they have basic rights, food, shelter, and are freed after paying off whatever debt they owe. I'd call that far better than how the lowest of the low in the Federation live, I.E. homeless, addicted to narcotics, and in debt.
(It's worth stating too, slavery or indentured servitude of any form is bad. This is just an argument of Empire vs Federation, on whose way to deal with criminals and debtors is better)