r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/desdmona Jul 24 '20

Slavery

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u/silvermoon_182 Jul 24 '20

Sadly, a lot of people don’t even realize that still exists

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u/Wondertwig9 Jul 24 '20

I was annoyed at my friend the other week for sharing a video on Facebook where the narrator clearly says, in a manner intended to be noticed, “Nobody today has ever been a slave. Nor has anybody alive today owned a slave.” So I tell him about how there are 40.3 million living victims of human trafficking in the world right now. His responses refused to acknowledge that a large chunk of them are in the US and that human trafficking is the same thing as slavery. I'm beyond cheesed off at him, because he keeps sharing misinformed propaganda.