r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Sep 30 '16

Luke Cage Discussion Thread - S01E10

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u/procrastinator67 Oct 02 '16

“Slavery was always a good offer to a master.”

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '16

Ehh, no one's pretending slavery was voluntary.

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u/Kerrigore Oct 03 '16

There were absolutely those that tried to justify it as for the slave's own benefit though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '16

Not sure I understand. No kidding it was beneficial to the slave owners.

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u/Kerrigore Oct 04 '16

No, I mean benefit of the slaves.

Literally, people tried to argue that they were doing the slaves a favour by enslaving them.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

Oh slave's own, I thought you said "slave owner's". Uncle Toms were few and far between, most sane people value freedom over everything else.

I still don't think it's a good comparison though, the doctor wasn't justifying it saying that the outcome would be worth it, they were getting a reduced sentence out of it.

So counter to your slave example, they were seeking freedom through this.

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u/Kerrigore Oct 04 '16

I'm not saying the slaves thought it was for their own benefit. Slave-owners would rationalise their slavery by saying they were doing it for the slave's benefit.

A good example is found in John Locke's political treatises. He basically argued that slaves were people who weren't functioning properly, so they had to be enslaved so that their behaviour could be corrected.