> You deceptively omit parts of the paragraphs you quote
I do not intend to be deceptive. You have provided overly simplistic vision of slavery and I have provided some counterexamples.
> The opportunity to buy one's way to freedom was not the norm, and typically only skilled or educated slaves could aspire to do this. And, as the article mentioned, this could take a very long amount of time and its only something that skilled or educated slaves might aspire to achieve.
This seems to me like a vision of an American dream of sorts. Promise of social mobility for a choosen few members of lower class to become middle class.
The problem is that for the last 30 years American dream isn't working anymore. It is rather that middle class poeple are pushed in lower class ranks.
> I do not intend to be deceptive. You have provided overly simplistic vision of slavery and I have provided some counterexamples.
No you have not. You have selectively quoted parts of a Wikipedia article to portray Roman slavery as though slaves were treated well and had reliable paths to freedom. This is absolutely not the case, slaves had little to no protection and were subject to whim of their masters who could harm them without repercussion.
> This seems to me like a vision of an American dream of sorts. Promise of social mobility for a choosen [sic] few members of lower class to become middle class. The problem is that for the last 30 years American dream isn't working anymore. It is rather that middle class poeple are pushed in lower class ranks.
Sure. But how on Earth do you go from, "social mobility isn't as good as I would like" to "gig workers are comparable to slaves"? You're clearly reluctant to defend this statement, probably because you've realized how inane it really is.
I do not intend to be deceptive. You have provided overly simplistic vision of slavery and I have provided some counterexamples.
> The opportunity to buy one's way to freedom was not the norm, and typically only skilled or educated slaves could aspire to do this. And, as the article mentioned, this could take a very long amount of time and its only something that skilled or educated slaves might aspire to achieve.
This seems to me like a vision of an American dream of sorts. Promise of social mobility for a choosen few members of lower class to become middle class.
The problem is that for the last 30 years American dream isn't working anymore. It is rather that middle class poeple are pushed in lower class ranks.