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Did you know that Canada and the United States of America have the same percentage of their populations living under "conditions that amount to slavery"?
Findings - Global Slavery Index
Posted from globalslaveryindex.org
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Happy to see the US is amongst the 12 lowest in slavery conditions, and among the top 10 in fighting against it. I wish they would have shared the criteria (and weighting, if any) in the article. Without those, it's difficult to know whether an E-1 in the US military (e.g., below poverty level pay, constrained freedom and with a 4 year servitude) would qualify as slavery conditions.
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COL Ted Mc
Col Joseph Lenertz - Colonel; An interesting observation, but I strongly suspect that any "term-limited, voluntary, occupational choice" would be excluded from "conditions akin to slavery".
Since there are only 57,700 persons in the United States of America who are estimated to be living in "conditions akin to slavery" they MIGHT be including those who are at Boot Camp - but I doubt it.
PS - The "Methodology" tab helps.
Since there are only 57,700 persons in the United States of America who are estimated to be living in "conditions akin to slavery" they MIGHT be including those who are at Boot Camp - but I doubt it.
PS - The "Methodology" tab helps.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
COL Ted Mc - Thanks! Yes, E-1s would boost that number considerably higher, so I'm sure you're right. I will take a look.
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I would love to see how they "documented" their findings inasmuch as slavery is a criminal activity in most countries. Yes, we know it occurs even in the U.S. where people "obtain" domestic servants and sex slaves are bought and sold. But again, these are criminal activities and not reliably counted unless offenders are apprehended. Thus, I'm sure a lot of these numbers are based on supposition.
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COL Ted Mc
CPT Jack Durish - Captain; The answer to your question can probably be found at the "Methodology" tab.
There you will find the following statement "A summary of the methodology is in Appendix 2 in the pdf version of the report, and a detailed methodology paper is available to download from the downloads page.".
There you will find the following statement "A summary of the methodology is in Appendix 2 in the pdf version of the report, and a detailed methodology paper is available to download from the downloads page.".
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CPT Jack Durish
COL Ted Mc - True, but I'm not satisfied that it is complete and in a "study" of this sort, I often find that methodology is more important (and interesting) than conclusions.
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COL Ted Mc
CPT Jack Durish - Captain; I'd agree that in a study of this sort the methodology is ALWAYS as important (and interesting) as the "conclusions".
That, however, is simply another side of the same die.
That, however, is simply another side of the same die.
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"The Road of Lost Innocence" Somaly Mam, is a heart wrenching story of sex slave trade in Cambodia. Although her story is compelling, there is and remains a market and practice in many regions of the world. Children are sold by poor parents, and women from poor or broken homes make choices to survive. It remains a problem.
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COL Ted Mc
Col Rebecca Lorraine - Colonel; Any one of desperation, ignorance, or greed are all it takes to perpetuate "slavery" (and I am well aware of the fact that "slavery" need NOT be physically oppressive and the fact that some "slave owners" actually took better care of their workers when the workers were "slaves" than they did when the workers have been "emancipated" and become piece-workers/share-croppers).
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