20 richest countries account for over half of 50 million people in 'modern slavery,' report says

There you go, #1 reason Democracy's dying Fast, pure hypocrisy, corruption and exploitation. Rotton Apple, entire world moving away from Democracy FAST, better to place your trust in true Fiduciaries.

either in forced labor or forced marriage

This is a very narrow definition of slavery. A person can never be free if he doesn't enjoy the right to bear arms.

That's why the US is the land of the free.

Most other people are slaves of their governments and they don't even know it.

I was born to a rather rich family, and all I saw was greed and a lack of humanity the more money someone had. The more power someone had, the sillier it got, as well, because rich powerful people take advantage of other humans. Maids, caretakers, au pairs, whatever...it's all a form of slavery, it's just one gets paid better and is free to go home and isn't owned by the employer, but it's semantics as to how someone uses another person.

It may not be slavery today, per se, but people using people is the gist of why slavery occurs, and humans have an ego and can ignore empathy. Money and power says that is OK. It's a flaw of humanity that important factors of love and sensibility do not overcome societal needs of money and cultural doings.

The Queen. She had tons of servants, butlers, drivers, etc., etc. The king and his coronation showed all these people in pomp and dress, yet, in the background, were the workers who may not be slaves, but in essence, do all the slave work so a select few human beings can celebrate rather nonsensical human rankings of class.

And there is a mass of 'regular' people who celebrate this, as seen by the British lining streets and overflowing Hyde Park in celebration.

As countries go, of course the richer countries were the one's that had more slave like possessions, it just follows what humans do, and it still goes on everywhere someone has a house cleaner or one human being does thing to please the other without one side getting true satisfaction from it, only trying to survive life.

This is an extreme view. I grew up in the USA with nothing. I worked through high school and saved for college. Worked through college, went to graduate school at night, worked harder than others to get ahead. I live in the Philippines now. I see the same things here. It is possible to get ahead but people would rathe complain that they can not. I see the same thing in the USA.

I have been to China. They have to work even more to get ahead and they do. They work hard. They are in the era of 1900's USA where parents work hard to get their kids ahead. They expect their kids to do well in school and to work hard.

Logically it would be wise for all members of the G20 to define Modern Slavery in law.

United Nations...... situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, deception, and/or abuse of power.

Walk Free foundation casts a profound, politically motived wider net, an umbrella that captures a whole range of what could be considered social injustices etc.....

“more complex armed conflicts, widespread environmental degradation, assaults on democracy in many countries, a global rollback of women’s rights and the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.” *

Another example .......

“Modern slavery permeates every aspect of our society,” Walk Free Founding Director Grace Forrest said in a statement. “It is woven through our clothes, lights up our electronics and seasons our food” — and it “is a mirror held to power, reflecting who in any given society has it and who does not.”

Forgive a six debating society wet dream

A clearly stated definition that all 20 can agreed on is the first rung on the ladder.

 I grew up in the USA with nothing. I worked through high school and saved for college. Worked through college, went to graduate school at night

Good for you. It has nothing to do with the article and it is a single data point.

1 reason Democracy's dying Fast

Yeah, nope.

First of all, Democracies are not dying.

Secondly, the ability to look at a problem in need of a solution is a strength of democracy, not a weakness.

It is in fragile totalitarian dictatorships like the Russia and China that you seem to think so highly of, that problems are covered up and not dealt with.

Hey, look who the leading two countries are in terms of human trafficking?

What a shocker: Russia and China!

Secondly, the ability to look at a problem in need of a solution is a strength of democracy, not a weakness.

This. Or as is the common parlance here ‘Bingo’.

Hats off to Netherlands, Germany, etc., but shame on the others.

11,000,000 slaves in India alone followed by China?! Way too many.

There you go, #1 reason Democracy's dying Fast, pure hypocrisy, corruption and exploitation

gee, 2 of the top 3 countries are not democracies

What ol' Jack Burton always says,

This is the rabbit hole....

Modern Slavery......

Its meaning in a 21st century global context?

Is or should there be a social comparison?

Modern Slavery and Labour Rights, A blueprint for mobilizing finance against slavery and trafficking

https://www.unpri.org/social-issues/a-blueprint-for-mobilizing-finance-against-slavery-and-trafficking/5156.article

The difficulty is separating the political agendas from the need to combat the human cost.

Hmm... If forced labor is a part of modern slavery, then aren't we all a part of this? It's not like we are allowed to free roam about and do as we please.

Forgive a six debating society wet dream

A clearly stated definition that all 20 can agreed on is the first rung on the ladder.

Exactly! With many people these days manipulating definitions that were set forth in favor of their own opinions or self entitlement, anyone would come out and start claiming they are a part of "modern slavery" and play the victim card for their own personal gain. A mutual definition and agreement should be in place to set boundaries on abusive behavior and manipulation.

Hmm... If forced labor is a part of modern slavery, then aren't we all a part of this? It's not like we are allowed to free roam about and do as we please.

Equating forced labor with the necessity to actually work in a modern society to attain capital to purchase goods and services speaks to a stunning cluelessness to what forced labor actually entails.

You CANNOT leave. If you try to leave:

You are beaten, or murdered, or detained because you have no travel documents. Or your family back home is harmed or threatened with harm.

OR, you just cannot leave because you are literally a prisoner sometimes chained, sometimes drugged.

It is not, for example like my job which I can quit any time I choose to do so, but choose not to because at a "certain age" this is the best I can do and I have economic responsibilities that would go unmet if I quit.

I can still quit if I am bold/brave/stupid enough to do so.

So, this is a pathetic false equivalence and shame on this person for making it. Human slavery in the form of forced labor is a real, and a really big problem and has nothing to do with the perceived loss of autonomy from working a regular job.

Not. One. Damn. Thing.

Great article. Maybe next time start with definition of “modern slavery” first

And there’s people asking for countries like England for slavery, lol

All of the staff working for the British royal family are paid peanuts because they make them believe it is an honor to work for them while at the same time getting ripped off.

Those damn billionaires and their job creations couldn't give two hoots about child labor in Africa mining cobalt or picking cocoa.

Millions of Indians are shackled to their work to pay off their debts.

Tea plantation workers whose children are denied schooling.

Modern slavery for us plebs began with the introduction of the universal passport in 1920. And our freedoms have slowly being eroded every since.

@EFD no I understand completely, I was speaking in sarcasm.

Don’t you feel like you shouldn’t be the success that you are now ?

Don’t you wish EVERYBODY did ?

LMFAO if you have a job and you are not happy with your salary and could barely make a decent living and could not afford the bare NECESSITIES of life then consider you to are living in a country where modern slavery exist. Just because you have a job doesn't mean you are not working as a slave. If you look at these large corporations reaping huge profits and look if you look at the CEO rock star salaries compared to the workers of those companies then consider yourself making slave wages.

Thank you Walk Free, glad to know that someone is keeping track and exposing these SAVAGE nations.

"clay - here you go, #1 reason Democracy's dying Fast, pure hypocrisy, corruption and exploitation. Rotton Apple, entire world moving away from Democracy FAST"

Yes by being scared of winnie the pooh. Heh, screw your fascist china. Boycott. And repeat.

And there’s people asking for countries like England for slavery, lol

Perhaps I'm not understanding your expression but there is a huge history of slavery in the UK, even in relatively recent times. Just look at how servants were treated in the Victorian era or what was done to India. I bet even today there are people unwilling to leave their job for fear of a host of negative consequences.

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United States with 1.1 million.

Shameful. We have some work to do.

Shameful. We have some work to do.

We need to demand prison labor be voluntary and receive minimum wage.

We need to demand prison labor be voluntary and receive minimum wage.

And privately-run, for-profit prisons should not exist. I can't believe I have to type those words.