Slavery the same way using a dog to herd sheep is slavery. If you’ve ever seen one of those dogs at work, you’ll realise that there is nothing else in the world they would rather be doing. You let them herd sheep and they’re so happy they’re basically out of their mind. I honestly think it’s hard for us humans to even imagine loving just one thing so much that you would never do anything else if you had the choice.
I know a guy that rents out goats for a similar purpose of keeping down vegetation, they go under power lines in the mountains (places inaccessible with machines), and just graze there. These goats are literally living the best life a goat could ever dream of: They’re chilling out in their natural habitat, with more food security than any wild animal could hope for, and are completely protected from predators. In the winter, they’re kept warm and fed, so they don’t starve or die of exposure as a lot of them would in the wild.
Imagine if we treated people this way, just providing for everyone’s basic needs and let people do whatever made them happy…
No, they are paid to eat the grass. But yes, since they’re paid with grass. If they don’t work they don’t get paid, but it’s not slavery because if they work they’re getting paid.
For some reason I pictured the sheep being hired like a regular, human employee would.
What do you think makes you qualified for this job?
Baaaaaaa!
You’re hired!
They give the sheep a lawnmower and let em get to work
Yeah, no, they’re rented. It’s like slavery but with sheep. Or like contract work where food and security is the payment
Slavery the same way using a dog to herd sheep is slavery. If you’ve ever seen one of those dogs at work, you’ll realise that there is nothing else in the world they would rather be doing. You let them herd sheep and they’re so happy they’re basically out of their mind. I honestly think it’s hard for us humans to even imagine loving just one thing so much that you would never do anything else if you had the choice.
I know a guy that rents out goats for a similar purpose of keeping down vegetation, they go under power lines in the mountains (places inaccessible with machines), and just graze there. These goats are literally living the best life a goat could ever dream of: They’re chilling out in their natural habitat, with more food security than any wild animal could hope for, and are completely protected from predators. In the winter, they’re kept warm and fed, so they don’t starve or die of exposure as a lot of them would in the wild.
Imagine if we treated people this way, just providing for everyone’s basic needs and let people do whatever made them happy…
Lol what, are the sheep being forced to eat the grass?
No, they are paid to eat the grass. But yes, since they’re paid with grass. If they don’t work they don’t get paid, but it’s not slavery because if they work they’re getting paid.
That’s more than can be said for a good chunk of jobs, so not a bad deal.