<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157589.msg7243900#msg7243900">Quote from: Vergil1989 on 18-11-2012, 23:48:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">At any rate, one Braxton is enough to deal with...<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'd like to use this opportunity to point out that Braxton is taking a<em>lot</em>of flak for owning a slave. He may be the only slave owner on the ship but it is certainly not a rare thing on the border worlds. The entire economy of worlds like Shadow or Whitefall rests mostly on the shoulders of slaves, indentured labor or labor that is<em>de facto</em>unfree.<br/><br/>There is no slavery on the Core worlds, but indentured servitude as an institution doesn't raise an eyebrow<em>anywhere</em>, even from enlightened folk like the crew of the Serenity. Also, there are nobles who wield considerable political and economic power, so calling the Alliance a democracy is far from the truth. On the whole, the Verse (even though it has futuristic technology) is socially backwards 1-2 centuries compared to modern-day earth in about every field except for women's rights. And many enlightened 19th century reformers and philosophers would appear as benighted bigots in today's world.<br/><br/>Satan_Klaus