Slavery - Words of the World
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- 27 million people live in slavery today. This video features Zoe Trodd, a Professor of American Literature at the University of Nottingham.
This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
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Glad to hear it, Brady! I remember you talking about how this channel had stopped due to boring financial concerns and such, so it's nice to see it back again :)
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This channel should be called Worlds of the words. Since a particular video embodies an entire world that certain words carrie. They are not just words of our world. They are names of worlds they represent... Brilliant channel. Brilliant.
That old and long-abolished form of slavery discussed at 2:43 is often distinguished with the term "chattel slavery," meaning that people were considered personal property (chattel) and could be bought and sold.
Regardless of the exact numbers of slaves, it's horrific that anyone has to live and die in such evil ways.
At last Brady!
I hope there will be more videos, and more often.
Keep alive this wonderful channel.
this is such an important discussion, but i had a HECK of a time finding it again after trying to remember where i had heard this interview...( there is so much talk out there about slavery, i just wish it had this level of balance and clarity to it.../
Awww, I was hoping for something that combined what we got in this vid with the even deeper historical context of the etymology of the word "slavery".
I don't disagree with your points but I think you might have missed mine, however.
When your money (backed by precious metal currency) is replaced by fiat currency (borrowed *at interest* from private banks [the Federal Reserve Bank is a private corporation and no more Federal than Federal Express]), the currency becomes a note of debt. When you make a purchase with a note of debt, you are simply moving debt around, not paying it.
It's 3rd grade math: -1 + -1 = -2.
Great to see this channel alive once again :D
To any average person a day has 24 hours. To Brady, a day has 72 hours. This is insane, where do you get so much time to edit so many videos?
plenty more coming!
glad we're back.
I'm so glad a new video's here! Keep up the great work, Brady! :)
She teaches these 2. She didn't imply there are only these 2. And what form of slavery is justifiable?
You just tried to tell me what I am thinking, when there was nothing to say I was thinking that.
Goodbye.
I read that the price of a slave is now at an all time low, 90USD according to one source. I believe historically the cost averages out to the modern equivalent of around 40,000USD. It seems that, far from being a thing of the past, slavery has become even more cost effective.
Glad to see you guys again!
Brady, please do one on tea. I promise you'd find it interesting.
I think there are two main theories on the origin of that name
1) the word slovo, which meant 'word' (at least it does in Russian now), or
2) the word slava, which meant 'glory' (at least it does in Russian now).
i.e. the Slavs thought of themselves either as the glorious people, or the people with words (everybody else being unintellible of course).
Incidentally, the value of a gallon of gas is and always will be about the same amount of value as is in a 10 cents silver dime. The value of money is a (practically) flat line. The value of fiat currency is based on what banks SAY it's worth.
$20 spent in 1960 required $20.95 to buy the same amount of items in 1964 (the last year we had anything resembling Constitutional currency). That same $20 would now require $155.59.
I'm the one who is silly, huh?
I think these explanations must be more precise, but explanatory, with of-course more interactive materials
We are talking about two different things: treasury owned precious metals and Federal Reserve Note currency.
We have been making precious metals coins in the US since 1986 with a face value from $1 to $50. However, they MUST be purchased from the mint with FRN's at a rate which is higher than the spot (market) price of the metals. Using a 1 ozT silver coin as $1 or a 1ozT gold coin as a $50 currency unit is illegal... and unprofitable to the buyer.
FRN's aren't backed at all since 1971.
Here's the thing.... wage slaves are not really slaves. It's hyperbole. It's as equally valid as me saying I'm a slave to the Earth because I need to breathe, and can't just get up and leave whenever I want.
Finally a new video!
I believe what most people think about when you say slavery is called Portuguese Slavery.
Slavery defined: "People who are forced to work for no pay and cannot walk away."
The US dollar was made a true fiat (Latin for "from nothing" or 'not backed by precious metal') currency in 1971 after the silver had been gradually removed from circulation starting in 1965. If the currency with which people are paid has **no actual value** and we are **forced** to use it (under threat of imprisonment), then I would contend that EVERY American citizen is, by international definition, a "slave".
even if your not physically restrained from leaving it can still be slavery.
Where exactly is this village in India where people are forced to work in a stone quarry for no pay? If they are forced to work because of extreme poverty, but not physically restrained from leaving, would it still be slavery? I am not denying extreme poverty and attendant exploitation in parts of India, but India has a powerful independent media, and a story about a village in slavery (forced to work for no pay, restrained from leaving) would make headlines for sure, yet I've never heard of it.
How do you expect a government to operate without funding? Or public schools? Judicial systems? Infrastructure?
I talked about emigration not immigration, that is that you are free to leave US whenever you want and therefore "[...] and cannot walk away" is not for-filled.
We are all slaves in one way or another. It is up to us to change our own thought process and recognize that fact. We in America started it with the Emancipation Proclamation but little or nothing has been done since and we have fallen into a political/mundane type of slavery today.
Weird, we're learning about slavery in school atm.
How many headlines do you see about the 50 thousand slaves estimated to live in the U.S.? Also, poverty is a restraint from leaving. Without food and transportation, without shoes or even a road how far can you go? What if there is no other village within sight and they've never seen a map, let alone know how to read one, or know how to read at all. With no access to phones or a computer, not that a slave would know how to use one, how then would they contact a media agency?
sometimes...and sometimes not...i think there are videos where the origin and developement of a word is explained...but i admit for slavery the modern problemtic of it seems more important then the origin...although it wld have been interesting too
Because I actually DID research, very thoroughly (not just a Google search, digging for 4 years before making the move into PM's) learning the ins and outs of international banking. I can't convince you or anyone else who doesn't want to take the time I have to really learn it, that I'm not talking out of my ass about this subject.
I have plenty of customers who know the difference between money and currency and who really pulls the strings.
I wish you well.
How do you define "cannot walk away"?
Well..I can only speak for myself, but I (being a German) had no problems understanding her whatsoever. Just the volume was a tad low, but that could easily be fixed. I've seen - or rather heard - much worse.
It is just me, or was there a lot of beating around the bush in this video? It seems as if many things were repeated over and over and there were things on which she should expound.
Federal Reserve Notes (aka USD or FRN's) only have value because that store is required by law to accept them. Why is it that several states have passed legislation which alows its citizens to pay their taxes on gold or silver INSTEAD of FRN's? If FRN's actually have value, why do you have to pay about 30 of them for a silver US dollar (one which complies with Art. 1, Sec 10 of the Constitution)? Shouldn't a "US dollar" be... $1?
Your *money* has been stolen and replaced with *currency*.
So what was the point of adding the word "liberal" and assuming you know ANYTHING about this educator?
sure very few people on the internet are in a type of slavery, but you can be a virtual slave while still being "free" and getting paid.
Take for example "company" towns in Virginia 80 years ago, they worked all day and got paid but they didn't make any money, they went deeper and deeper in debt to the company no matter how hard or how much they worked and if they left the debt was legal and would follow them anywhere they went.
And no one is free, we are all bound by the social contract.
Well it makes sense that we Americans would see the word slavery as only African-American slavery and not like to use it, because many people are still very upset over this, and I agree with them. Its similar to how in the US we would say "skits", which to us is the plural of a play, but I've heard to many people in England it would mean diarrhea, which it is never used in that way here.
Yes! Finally a new video :D
Forced to labor for the benefit of others, without being trafficked or physically moved, against my will and under threat of violence?
You mean like taxes? Then I agree.
I guess you haven't seen the DHS/ICE check points which have claimed (outside of law) the power to conduct search and seizure operations 100 miles inside the borders of the USA.
My original point, however, was that there is no legal way to conduct business within the borders of the USA without using the fiat currency. When you face imprisonment instead of using their worthless currency, you can't walk away without going to prison. Use worthless currency or go to prison = can't walk away.
Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I wonder if we can get others interested. You are right about slavery to the mind, but I think it is only harmful when it is to the part of the mind that is emotional. what she said about not being able to get away from the situation is most important. Some jobs make you a slave to the boss.
One can be a slave to the emotion of "See a Flaw Pass a Law." where good intentions are thought to prevent unforeseen negative consequences.
Ah, I see the disconnect. You think that the Federal Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank are synonymous. They are not. "The Fed" is part of the treasury. The Federal Reserve central bank is a private bank. Look at its seal: across the bottom it says, "Inc.May.18.1914". You can't incorporate a branch of the government. A private bank has been issuing the currency of the USA for 100 years.
By removing our gold standard, Nixon gave us a completely fiat currency.
There are types of slavery. The type of slavery used in the US and in most of Europe is called Portuguese slavery. It is a method for how slaves are treated and transfered. There are many other types of slavery. How does this not make sense?
Well Jamon, it just so happens that I don't. Education, arbitration, and infrastructure, in spite of what you have likely been taught to believe, can actually be provided without the coercive social construct that we call "government".
You will of course rail against such an idea, which is to be expected of anyone who was forced into a state enforced inculcation center for at least 12 years.
Reference Hans Hoppe, State or Private Law Society, if you have the inclination to learn.
Why do you not mention that the world slavery came form the Slavic people. Why do you ignore that?
(Giving you a friendly pat on the back for telling the truth.)
Well done.
"[...] and cannot walk away". Did not know that the U.S. border was closed for emigrants.
I bet it's hard to define a hard and fast definition of what slavery is or isn't. The Ottoman Empire was infamous for its slavery (in the west especially for the white slavery and the harem slaves), yet it seems to have a very different form than the rural slave labour being used in the Americas. In Europe serfdom was practically slavery as well, even if the serfs were allowed some property. And today a lot are "wage slaves" without any reasonable chance of finding another job should they desire
Same here. First video since I subscribed!
surprised this video didn't mention the origin of the word "slave" refers to people from slavic countries -- originally "Slav" (see Slav), so called because of the many Slavs sold into slavery by conquering peoples. europeans commonly enslaved slavs before international trade allowed them to purchase slaves from african warlords that had conquered other african tribes.
'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said:“Since when did you enslave the people though they were born from their mothers in freedom?”
[Ibn Abd Al-Hakim, Futuh Masr 290]
Welcome back! Don't be a stranger ;-)
Trafficking sounds like tafing someone on a jolly ride on a bus.
I love this channel! Do one on the word "gay".
sometimes we go down the etymology path, sometimes not!
Yeah, I'm living in a dream world. By dealing in precious metals for over 6 years, my personal wealth has grown exponentially while the fiat paper currency is in free-fall.
Damn, it sucks to be me. :D
If you want me to describe this to you, you can ask like an adult. Otherwise, don't waste my time. Your response is obnoxious.
Not a very deep discussion.
The most important aspect of slavery was missed. Clearly she is a liberal. The most important aspect of slavery is that it is a culture where most of those in that culture feel that they are not slaves. Notice they are not chained. Harriet Tubman only rescued 80 people but she is famous for stating that she could have saved thousands if they only knew they were slaves.
Why this is important is because "WE" are slaves to the state.
Yay new video! And a very good one too =)
i think you could also call slave to some salary men. In countries like el salvador or any other country with a corrupt government and that is dominated by foreign economic powers, people are enlaved for cents that are just enough to buy food and pay the rent, they live in misery and are forced to continue working agaisnt their will because if they quit, the next work will be the same, and if they dont work they'll starve to death. That's what happening in europe and central america now
Ok, being a professional precious metals dealer, I guess I'm completely clueless as to how I've made my money. Terribly sorry. I'll just go crawl into my dreamworld again and continue to grow my personal wealth as I have been for years.
Damn this false reality I live in. It's so profitable.
Because the title is wrong. You'd expect to learn something about the ethymology of slavery and instead they get down on their knees to explain the word in a way you'd do to a child. Words of the world video's are a waste of time to people interrested in words.
You only say about U.S. South slaves, and what about North? They had them as well.
I called you "Mr. Slavory" because you mistyped "slavery". That was all.
You can certainly TRY to make everything yourself, but there are at least 3 major problems with that: you need time, you need skill/knowledge, and you need tools. Between these, you'll end up in a position where life is well and truly miserable. So it's much more efficient to pick one thing you're good at, and trade with other ppl who are good at other things.
I don't understand why you think the above process = slavery.
she explained that, you shoul pay attention
Good man!
how is working for money, and living freely, a form of slavery? oh wait, do you mean a slave to fashion, and give all their money to Jimmie Choo?
That does make sense but from the average joe's point of view, that changes nothing. For those who do understand it, it means that they are making money out of thin air, like money counterfeiters, which mean they aren't any less than that. The problem still lays in that people are just too stupidified to realize that.
But still gold is just gold scarce or nt, the problem is, how do you make sure noone makes money without working for it. so that it has a real value? my idea is no money at all.
What about "american slavery" and "modern slavery".
"all Americans"a big group to make statements about what they think ?
...as our bodies is slaves to our minds?
Well, I see that you want to make a "deep" discussion... but this is only going to be a quasi-deep discussion - and those are rarely interesting because they don't measure anything - but gives fuel to conspiracy theories.
It's nothing but a disaffection and a mistrust towards something - and in the pretense of being "deep"; defending a subjective, and often a non-productive, stance, is a try to hide this fact.
Zoe Trodd is mixing the forced slavery and people working coz of poverty ; Like her example of India , Poor people come to big cities in search for job ,they are often underpaid and live in inhuman conditions, But it cant be compared to the slavery which was practised in europe and arabia against blacks ....
That was to word SLAV, not slave...that one has another origin
I thought this channel was about etymology. :(
What on EARTH are you talking about?
Not sure about it not having value as gold is valuable just because it is scarce, and money gives you food, so it has its use
As for not being paid, any worker that works for a miserable salary that is just enough for food and living is slavery. they are slaves that instead of giving them shelter and feeding them, you give them money so they live and feed by themselves, and in countries dominated by economic powers, you cant walk away as you go from one enslaver to another else you die of hunger
WORDS OF THE WORLD. Woooooooooohhhhhhh!
You are being silly. Try to take your "no actual value" money to a shop and see if they deny you bread and butter in exchange for dollars. Then you will see if money has any value or not.
I find it funny that nutheads complaining about fiat money always think there is a real substantional value behind gold. Just as paper money, the only value gold has is the value someone is willing to pay in exchange for the article.
the book in the back.."sex"...now i know wat they be readin
.... Really? Seriously? Wow. You've been drinking that koolaid.
wow I just saw the new videos on Wimp[dot]com today and it had some guys making those bricks. I thought it was a very interesting video and it looked cool but now I know they were slaves and I feel bad for them now.
Spelling and punctuation are the clothes your ideas wear; if they show up looking like homeless bums, don't be surprised if people get awkward around them, treat them superficially at best, dismiss them without consideration at worst. Is it fair? No, it's not. Is it justified? Yes, it is. Spelling, punctuation and grammar are things 5-year-olds manage to master; if you as an adult, can't, then the likelihood of you saying something worth listening to is extremely low.
I wanted the etymology. If you could add that in future videos, that would be very nice. For now, however, I will dislike the video for the above reason. If this continues to happen, you will lose a subscriber. Thank you.
Stick to doodles.
answers dot com/topic/slavs
Glad to see you guys again!
Glad to see you guys again!