Related, isn't it weird that we euphemize slavery as "human trafficking" these days? I don't think anyone who says that is actually trying to make slavery sound friendlier, but it's odd that we do it at all.
> Related, isn't it weird that we euphemize slavery as "human trafficking" these days?
It's it so much a euphemism (designed to make it sound better) as avoidance of endless debate over whether things which aren't chattel ownership are really strictly the same thing as “slavery”.
It's it so much a euphemism (designed to make it sound better) as avoidance of endless debate over whether things which aren't chattel ownership are really strictly the same thing as “slavery”.