Today, dear reader, we observe —brace yourself— the Global Day Against Slavery.
Yes, it exists.
And no, it’s not a memorial for ancient slaves who carried stones for pyramids, nor a historical reenactment with actors eating corn in bowls on a farm’s edge. It’s a real day for a real phenomenon that lives, breathes, and now wears a suit, has LinkedIn, and pretends it doesn’t exist.
Because that’s how we are, the civilized of 2025: if there are no whips, chains, and cotton fields, we think slavery is something that happened ‘once upon a time to others.’
Remember me, dear UN…
So what is the truth?
Slavery not only exists but has become a premium version; it has been upgraded, has ISO, EFQM, a 400-page manual, and naturally an HR department to explain how much of a ‘family’ we all are in the company.
Let’s go step by step:
Forced prostitution.
The most horrific, modern form of true slavery. There’s no sarcasm here — only anger. Yet it exists everywhere, camouflaged under lights and shop windows because the ‘civilized’ world wants products, services, and people on sale.
Child labor.
The children we only see in charity brochures but happily use the new smartphone they assembled with their little fingers. The romantics call it ‘labor abuse.’ Companies call it ‘optimized production cost.’
Workplace brutality 2025:
Unpaid overtime — oh, the classic. With some vague threat of dismissal. If you’re whipped it’s obviously illegal, but if you’re forced to work 14 hours against your will without pay, it’s ‘flexibility.’ In antiquity slaves had masters. Today they have targets to achieve. If that’s not slavery, it’s mockery.
And so, dear reader, we reach the sad conclusion:
Slavery not only exists in 2025 — but it has learned to mutate, to groom itself, to dress up and be called ‘development’ to be more palatable.
Today chains make no noise — they are silent, wireless and called “organizational culture.”
A chameleon slavery with Influencer skills. It changes filters and poses to appear charming.
Because man —the ‘benevolent,’ made in image and likeness— will always find new ways to exploit man.
Papa – Ratsis
