STO: Well meant and unintentional slavery

[Diana]

Do you really feel that "slave" is the correct term, that we should all consider ourselves slaves? Or is there a better term, if not citizen something else? Do you think if we could time warp a slave from a plantation in to our present day society he would say words to the effect of things not really having changed at all?

But the context of the thread is Ra's use of the phrase "well meant and unintentional slavery". I originally posted a list of things which I thought might mean what they were referring to. Slavery, though "well meant and unintentional", is slavery nonetheless. I really don't think Ra was referring to forced labor with this, but something more subtle.

Slavery may seem a harsh word, but there is slavery today in the form of unconsciousness and intent to control. The kind of slavery we are talking about here is an outcome of most humans being asleep for much of history and being content to follow and be lead. This set up ripe ground for STS entities to herd the humans (catholic religion, monarchy, transnational corporations, media). STS entities may have the idea that they are doing sleeping humans a favor by leading them, as so many are sheep-like. The slavery is reciprocal, in that the enslaved allow the slavery. The first step is to wake up to it and direct one's own life based on one's own thoughts. One may still have to pay taxes in order to stay in a country that currently requires it, but one can be aware consciously that one is agreeing to it for now (which takes a step out of enslavement) while envisioning, and working toward, in some way, a freer society.