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		mistrial9 on April 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Uber Bubble "slavery" is a relationship with gravitational pull for the ages; less a literal, particular configuration IMHO

gruez on April 18, 2022 | [–]

If you call working for uber "slavery", what do you call what african-americans were subjected to in southern US up to the 19th century? "super-slavery"?

naoqj on April 17, 2022 | [–]

If you can freely change the meaning of words then they may as well have no meaning at all.

catlifeonmars on April 17, 2022 | [–]

Only if we don’t all agree on the new meaning :)

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