This is a false choice. Seeing bounds and ties to each other as burdensome isn’t “human nature”. Human nature is cooperative and collaborative and requires valuing people beyond immediate material gain. Wisdom is another term.

Most scripts in Hollywood are worth less than than the paper they’re printed on. And if you can separate the value from the slop, you’d make more money working for the industry than stealing from it.

If you think prison is equivalent to slavery, corporate needs to to find the difference between this picture and this picture

I know people are arguing in good faith and want prison reform. However, slavery apologists have captured this argument to minimize the suffering under chattel slavery. (no worse than going to prison) They also argue that the 13th is “white slavery” because half of all prisoners are white. If your the kind of person who understands the difference between an indentured servant and an enslaved person, then you need to understand that a prisoner, even one forced to work under the 13th, is a third thing.

Laventiy Beria was the head of Stalin’s NKVD. He may not be the greatest villain, but more people need to know about this motherfucker.

Stalin introduced him as “My Himmler”. Despite all the spying and torture you’d expect from the secret police, Beria found time to be a prolific rapist as a side hustle.

Nixon was not decent. The difference was that a Senator (Goldwater) told Nixon point blank that he was getting impeached and the senate had the votes to convict and remove.

Like most government officials “retirement” is getting fired.

Anti-theists are stuck in the classic bigot’s dilemma.

On the one hand, they hate the administration. On the other, they love religious discrimination.