Whoa - SUPERIOR Posting. Slavery certainly continues, and to a large extent -- with #Human Trafficking.. that's obviously one example.

A True instance from my childhood time : at school, in the 6th Grade a young girl of Middle Eastern heritage came to class; I was fascinated by her, she had such beautiful thick hair & the most beautiful green eyes ♦♦ I had a fairly OPEN mind however, while other sixth graders were judgmental because the young lady "had a scent" (Translation: they gossiped that she smelled).

I think it's rather awful to see #Kids so young, without an open mind to other cultures. There were a number of positives about her, but instead of noticing those traits & features.. well, the jerks simply honed in on the 1 thing, and disliked her for that.

Sheesh, I have to say that at times such as this one I was DISAPPOINTED in people. Closed minds.
This is how the #Bigotry begins.

Thank u for your informative & luminous post ♦♦ Well thought out .
Especially appreciate your ending remark, " If the slaves blame each other then the master, can kick back and SMILE."

As I feel this is INDEED true.

It touched a Nerve when you wrote of copyright infringement & #marijuana being sources of slave labor (by criminalizing them) .. my spouse would agree with u on that !