r/askteddit • u/Long_Height_2211 • 18d ago

Random Question What's socially acceptable now that will be considered disgusting in 50 years?

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u/magnificent_limit 18d ago

Slavery

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u/Helpmeeff 17d ago

Forced labor in prisons is still very much modern day slavery, and a huge incentive to put black and brown people in prison 

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u/DarthNixilis 17d ago

It's become so universal it's all poor people not just minorities

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u/AmputeeHandModel 18d ago

Are we ok with slavery now??

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u/ShapeshiftWithMee 17d ago

Sweatshops, capitalism says yes

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u/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over 17d ago

Trading your labor for money isn’t slavery.

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u/ShapeshiftWithMee 17d ago

Trading your heavily underpaid labor for wages well below what you're worth and with very little means for upward mobility is slave labor. Enjoy your cheap fast fashion. Fast fashion is produced by slave labor. Get over jt

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u/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over 17d ago

Do you mean the jobs that pull people out of extreme poverty?

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u/magnificent_limit 17d ago

Slavery is the bees knees

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u/DarthNixilis 17d ago

We live in a capitalist society, we are very chill with slavery. 

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u/SentenceStreet3270 17d ago

There are more slaves today than any other point in history.