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Today I learned | 14 days ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 TIL that there are over 40 million slaves living right now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gn40tt/til_that_there_are_over_40_million_slaves_living/

https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/451/667/511/471/853/original/45340a3591fd2353.jpg
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AbstractEquilibrium | 14 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Seems to ignore all the slaves who get paid monopoly credit pointa for their work, rather than nothing.  They're essentially identical system though 🤷‍♂️

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Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why? | 13 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Why aren't the tax slaves counted?
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