Look: you're stating your opinions as fact and completely disregarding any alternative opinions. That's you're right I suppose but it doesn't make for a very promising debate.
Claiming that low wages is the same as slavery was never going to be very promising.
So you aren't aware that there are people living in OPEC nations that are living under constant oppression? If not, I won't bother trying to make you aware of them.
There are people in non-OPEC nations who are living under constant oppression too. My point is that it has nothing to do with oil. If you want to free the world, you won't get any objections from me. I was a big supporter of the Iraq war.
So illegal slavery is better than legal slavery?
Yes it is. Because if you are a slave in that circumstance you know that at least there is a police force assigned to try to rescue you, instead of a police force on the side of the enslaver. And if the enslavers get caught, you will receive justice. Under legal slavery, there is no justice for slaves.
Unacknowledged slaves have no protection at all. People who aren't supposed to exist obviously don't have any rights.
Totally false. They do have rights and a police force has been tasked with enforcing those rights. The police aren't perfect, but at least they try.
Whether or not capitalism is our best option isn't the topic. Even if it is (and I'm not saying it isn't) the point is that, as it is, slavery (or exploitation if you like that word better) is one of it's pillars.
Completely false. Neither exploitation nor slavery are the pillars of capitalism. Capitalism is a natural phenomenon as people make mutually beneficial trades on the free market.
My point here isn't "lets do away with capitalism". My point is lets look at ourselves before we go pointing fingers at anyone else.
When I look at ourselves we have done a damn sight better job than the bible, which authorizes slavery. Our secular laws are far superior to anything the bible has (including stoning your own children to death if they are disobedient).
Whether or not the bible is the "Word of God" isn't the topic either.
Yes it is.
So your understanding of the bible and the people who wrote it can be summed up by "I understand human ignorance all right. That's how I know the bible was written by ignorant men".
Yes.
My philosophy is that you can never understand anything until you understand your own ignorance.
Perhaps you should take your own advice. You seem to be completely ignorant of the basis for capitalism. Hint - it doesn't rely on slavery.
Question: if this were 1200 BCE and you were living in one of the tribes of the Hebrews, what do you suppose, you would be doing in regards to the slavery issue?
With my current understanding of human rights, or if I was an ignorant goat-herder like everyone else? With my current understanding I would be an abolitionist, just as I wish to abolish dictators today. But alone I do not have the strength to enforce my policies, so (just like with Iraq) I would do my best to win in the free marketplace of ideas, within whatever constraints being imposed. Note that since I live in Australia where my freedom of speech is reasonably well protected, I was able to argue the case for the Iraq war without any inhibition, which was very nice.
Thank you Mr Marx.
I used to counsel alcoholics and one of their favorite responses to any much needed advise I tried to offer was to label it "12 step propaganda". Seemed to work well for them: it allowed them to go on drinking indefinitely.
Red herring. You don't recognize that you are a victim of Soviet propaganda and drinking indefinitely in it.