<i>It&#x27;s actually an extremely uncommon (nonexistent) left wing view that welfare is maximized with some people enslaved. Literally nobody believes that...</i><p>Simply not true. Several elected officials believe or previously believed that, and some proposed legislation for that purpose:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Universal_National_Service_Act" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Universal_National_Service_Act</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thehill.com&#x2F;policy&#x2F;defense&#x2F;236365-rangel-renews-call-for-war-tax-national-draft" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thehill.com&#x2F;policy&#x2F;defense&#x2F;236365-rangel-renews-call-...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.govtrack.us&#x2F;congress&#x2F;bills&#x2F;111&#x2F;hr5741&#x2F;text" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.govtrack.us&#x2F;congress&#x2F;bills&#x2F;111&#x2F;hr5741&#x2F;text</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infowars.com&#x2F;obama-camp-scrubs-website-to-remove-references-to-mandatory-community-service&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infowars.com&#x2F;obama-camp-scrubs-website-to-remove-...</a><p><i>And then we can conclude if the first group has economic power and is subject to no regulation and act according to maximizing their economic welfare, they will implement it.</i><p>Yet strangely, that doesn&#x27;t seem to happen. Multinationals with huge economic power and subject to minimal regulation tend to treat employees <i>better</i> than smaller and weaker local companies (at least in India, the US, and other places I&#x27;m familiar with).<p>I don&#x27;t dispute much of what you wrote about why we shouldn&#x27;t do business with those who practice slavery. I&#x27;d draw a very clear bright line: do workers agree to their terms of work? In India or the US, the vast majority of IT workers do. I guess you want to go further and tell my employer&#x2F;me what work conditions are acceptable?