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When I was in middle school, we had to make a list of pros and cons of slavery for classwork. I remember it being homework but I can't see that bullshit flying if the parents knew.
Pros and cons from who's perspective?
That, detective, is the right question.
Skip, tldr; the god perspective, it wasn't the right question and wasted time. Obviously the perspective of the reader which if mentally stable understand the god perspective and thereby learn from it.
I feel like there are two ways that list could go.
The first is trying to whitewash slavery. The second is trying to help students understand why horrible things like this happen; why did entire economic systems get built for such a horrific practice.
Lol we are still under oppressive economic systems meant to strip us of our identities and leave us as worker slaves barely making ends meet but still deciding between medication or food. We live in the greatest country in the world /s
So don't teach about slavery?
And you know something? Chattel slavery was far, far worse.
Pros: Removes any ambiguity about who the shitbags are.
Cons: Now good people have to kill the shitbags to free the slaves.
The JohnBrowncoats vs the Brownshirts
I like it honestly. Remove the idiocratic "Because it's bad, duh".
No. Make your research. Understand the problem. Feel the problem. See how far it gone, and why people used that, and what was the price to pay.
wtf ?
Pro: Less work for me
Con: More work for them
Southern state?