What is with refusing to admit slavery is wrong?

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I agree, the work conditions in some countries are absolutely disgusting. I make efforts where possible to buy from producers who are ethical and don't use such suppliers.

Drich's argument makes no sense of course, he's simply defending these horrible working conditions as "OK" in order to validate the bible. They are not OK to anyone who cares about human welfare. But then, OK and not OK don't mean anything if God planned everything to the letter. It's just a theatre for him, for which he thought slavery and now terrible working conditions would be good to include.

I really hope there will be a decline in this kind of thing. It pisses me off that my country has a minimum wage law, but then imports from countries which don't have such a law. That's not right. The more people stand up to this, the more companies will take note and change their policies. Some have, we have some excellent ones in England which are improving their policies a lot.

The conditions are horrific I'm sure, and not in any way acceptable. I can easily see how they are financially tied to continue working. But it is still better, although perhaps not by much, than slavery. The people get to go home, they get to try and find another job if they can, they aren't allowed to be beaten or had sex with (I hope this is generally true) and can at least choose to leave even if there isn't much they can turn to. So it's not slavery.