Compare And Contrast Slavery Then And Slavery Then

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Everyone says slavery is wrong, but yet why is there still slavery? whether you know it or not 95% of the population is a slave. But slavery isn 't seen as bad anymore we don 't even see it as slavery-- now it 's working for money. If you work for someone you’reyour a slave. If you work for someone whether you know it or not you 're a slave because you 're not the boss. This is important towith me because most people are going to school to be a slave. why do you want to be a slave? you think its wrong dont you? okay maybe you start of being a slave but its only for one day to stop being a slave, but some people have the dream to always be a slave. I know i 'm going to start off of being a slave but my mentality
Even though people say there isn 't any slavery there is and it 's pretty much the same all though modern people can 't see slavery happening. Slavery is much alike because they both do a hard labor job for little to no money and they conform. They don 't wish for more in life they settle for little money and then complain about life. That 's what being a slave is not doing what you want or making little money. They are alike because there working for someone else making someone else rich and there not liking it. Day by day they wake up unhappy to live and to go to work but they still go make someone else rich and there doing something they don 't like same thing as with the past slaves would wake up in the morning work for someone else make them rich wealthy and they wouldn 't like there life they didn 't make any money and they weren 't doing something they liked. In slavery now people don 't have the things they want 90% of the population don 't drive the car they want to drive or they don 't live where they want to live they drive a car they don 't like and they live somewhere they hate. Slavery back then was the same slaves didn 't have something to move in even though they wanted something to move in like a horse they lived in these ugly as homes . Slavery now and then was the same because slaves now aren 't happy with what they have but don 't try to do anything to better themselves like slaves back then. Slavery is also the same because there are those crazy slaves that get out of slavery and fight back to the rich and soon enough they become the rich and wealthy or they start doing what they want in life they make their dreams happen and they become something big . Because there are some slaves out there that hate being a slave but instead of complaining they do something about it and they better themselves and get out of the slave category and make it into the slave owner category. Slavery back than was

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