You think slaves have no desire to rebel? Seriously? Seriously? If all I had ever known in my whole life was subservience and slavery I know I'd damn well want to rebel.
You think a human being can ever be reduced to the level of a mere pet? That idea disgusts me. People have needs beyond that of pets.
Furthermore - and this is a secondary point - I don't believe pets think of themselves as being "owned" by their "masters". They see themselves as part of a pack, and within that pack there is a strong sense hierarchy and obedience, but not of *ownership* per se.
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EDIT: Look up learned helplessness theory to find out why I believe being "owned", as defined by having no control of your own actions, is always a bad thing. Let me get you started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
That seems to be more characteristic of adverse stimulus or events. I believe it may be possible if they were brought up in a positive way.
It would work in much the same way as me being willing to to whatever my parents ask of me out of trust and respect for them most likely developed through the way they raised me.
I'm obviously not their slave, yet I'll still fulfil requests willingly. If children can be raised to be obedient, surely the method could be adapted to raise obedient slaves too.
Success would also likely depend on a special schooling system where servant-class learners are trained in the required skills to serve their masters and not encouraged to strive for their own independence.
Essentially, you belong to the class you are born into and your goal in life should be to strive to be the best and most respectable among your own people.
It would obviously never happen because it would not be fair to create such a class division in our now unified society, but assuming this was done long ago, the system may have had a better chance at success with slaves being satisfied being slaves.
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Like I mentioned in another comment above, this is all just speculation to kill some time and boredom.
I'm only forcing myself to say that because it's a hypothetical scenario and I'm too jaded today to fight someone who's both stubborn and is only debating me because they're bored, not because they're at all interested in the debate. Debating someone who's passionless does not interest me.
If it was an a hypothetical situation I would be much more critical though ;P
If it was legal to own a slave, would you?
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You think slaves have no desire to rebel? Seriously? Seriously? If all I had ever known in my whole life was subservience and slavery I know I'd damn well want to rebel.
You think a human being can ever be reduced to the level of a mere pet? That idea disgusts me. People have needs beyond that of pets.
Furthermore - and this is a secondary point - I don't believe pets think of themselves as being "owned" by their "masters". They see themselves as part of a pack, and within that pack there is a strong sense hierarchy and obedience, but not of *ownership* per se.
/RANT
EDIT: Look up learned helplessness theory to find out why I believe being "owned", as defined by having no control of your own actions, is always a bad thing. Let me get you started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
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That seems to be more characteristic of adverse stimulus or events. I believe it may be possible if they were brought up in a positive way.
It would work in much the same way as me being willing to to whatever my parents ask of me out of trust and respect for them most likely developed through the way they raised me.
I'm obviously not their slave, yet I'll still fulfil requests willingly. If children can be raised to be obedient, surely the method could be adapted to raise obedient slaves too.
Success would also likely depend on a special schooling system where servant-class learners are trained in the required skills to serve their masters and not encouraged to strive for their own independence.
Essentially, you belong to the class you are born into and your goal in life should be to strive to be the best and most respectable among your own people.
It would obviously never happen because it would not be fair to create such a class division in our now unified society, but assuming this was done long ago, the system may have had a better chance at success with slaves being satisfied being slaves.
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Like I mentioned in another comment above, this is all just speculation to kill some time and boredom.
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I guess we'll just agree to disagree.
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I really can't wrap my head around "agreeing to disagree" about the fact that slavery is awful.
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I'm only forcing myself to say that because it's a hypothetical scenario and I'm too jaded today to fight someone who's both stubborn and is only debating me because they're bored, not because they're at all interested in the debate. Debating someone who's passionless does not interest me.
If it was an a hypothetical situation I would be much more critical though ;P
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Maybe they're playing devil's advocate, but I think this is one of those topics where playing devil's advocate isn't really ok.