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Originally Posted by Sirtel
I don't mean only subjugating other races, but subjugating other humans. For whatever reason. Slavery, religious persecution, conquering other countries, economical exploitation, etc. All those things are subjugation in one form or another, and most of the human race has participated in such activities in one form or another throughout history.
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Race-based slavery is a relatively recent invention but the origins of slavery itself are lost in the mists of time. It is part and parcel of every "civilization" ever.
Slavery has existed within a single race and even within a single society. And that is just de jure slavery, not counting defacto forms of slavery like serfdom, indentured servitude, etc. Melanin content didn't even factor into it: greeks did it to greeks, russians to russians, africans to africans, mesoamericans to mesoamericans.
Humans exploiting the labor of other humans for their own benefit needs no explicit excuse. Racism doesn't even factor into it. Just vulnerability. All it needs is an imbalance of power.
And it is not a historical practice. It is ongoing today. Right now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FSPdgEguk