When I think of slavery I usually think of working for free, not H1B tech worker salaries which are insanely high on a global scale. It's also something people actively sign up for.

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8organicbits 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

To echo a sibling comment: freedom, not salary, is under question. Agreement should not be given one time at sign up, it needs to be given continuously. High cost associated with being compelled to leave the country upon quitting, low mobility between employers, etc. reduce that freedom.

Worth reading about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_labour, it's not just the practice of chattel slavery, and various forms are still legal in the US.

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brazukadev 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The free part of slavery is about freedom, not payment. It was not uncommon for enslaved people to buy their way out of enslavement.

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Aurornis 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The defining feature of slavery is the involuntary part of it.

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seadan83 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Quick googling (could be wrong), thousands bought freedom, approx 4 million were enslaved. It would have been uncommon, ballpark 0.1% (which still seems high to me. The issue is a very large denominator)

	▲	sarchertech 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Slavery was around long before the US existed. In Ancient Rome it was much more common for slaves to buy their way out of slavery..