Slavery in the past, present and time to come
Greetings!
Slavery is one thing that has been in existence for so long and I don't think it would cease from being in existence as long as human liveth in the world. In fact, as long as the world still exists, slavery will not cease among us.
In the time past, slavery was one of those ways people, most especially the elite in the society, used in dominating the less privileged or those who are not well to do in the society.
I was being told by my parents that the warriors in the past and also the rich use this measure, to coerce people to serve them.
My aged father told me that whenever the warriors of their time conquer another village, what they do most is to take some people as their slaves and turn them to be their servants after the battle.
Apart from the stories we were being told by the elderly ones among us, I have also come across some of the acts of slavery in the bible where people were being captured and turned into slaves in a battle.
All these are pointers to the existence of slavery right from the time immemorial. Aside from all what I have said earlier on, I also read it in my history textbooks how some of the powerful countries in the early years of civilization overpowered the less powerful countries and turned their inhabitants to their slaves through slave trade. So, slavery has been part of humanity and the world from the time immemorial.
Although we all believed that slavery has been abolished, to me, it's been abolished officially but unofficially, slavery still exists more than ever in our midst and currently in the world. However, the type of slavery we now have now is quite different from what we used to have in the past. As we all know, change is constant.
So, the changes that were brought to the slavery system now are known as modern day slavery. Modern day slavery is a different kind of slavery which to me is a kind of slavery that's voluntary in nature unlike the past form of slavery which was by coercion.
In the past, people were being coerced into slavery like I have said earlier, but in the modern day settings, people work their way into slavery and I can boldly say that, slavery in the modern day settings is voluntary and it's also by choice.
Furthermore, slavery in the modern day setting is not particularly to an individual alone, even, developing countries now found themselves subjecting themselves to the authority of powerful and developed countries in the world.
The prevalent reason for the modern day slavery is because of the wide gap between the rich and the poor in the society which had led the poor to subject their being totally to the poor who now sees and uses them as their slaves.
The same process is applicable to the less or developing countries subjecting their sovereignty and authority to the developed and powerful countries willfully just because of loans they would obtain from the developed countries or because of the aids they would receive in form of grant from the developed countries.
So, all these are the factors aiding the modern day slavery system in our society and the world generally. However, there's only one measure or solution to this modern day slavery menace in our today's world.
This one solution is for the world to live in an egalitarian society or world where everyone would be equal with the same rights and privileges.
So, when we all live in an egalitarian society, there would be no dominance from any quarters which would help us to abolish slavery in its entirety.
In conclusion, slavery would continue in our society as it's always been in existence from the time past till now. However, the only lasting solution is an egalitarian society where equality would be the order of the day.
This is my entry to week 179, Edition 03 of the weekly Featured contest in the Hive Learners community.
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