Defenders of slavery argued that by comparison with the poor of Europe and the workers in the Northern states, that slaves were better cared for. They said that their owners would protect and assist them when they were sick and aged, unlike those who, once fired from their work, were left to fend helplessly for themselves.
Bold of you to assume the types of people actually, seriously in support of Florida GOP can read half a book without falling in a pit of rage and despair
For those who don’t know:
“The Southern Argument for Slavery”
Here: https://www.ushistory.org/us/27f.asp
PDF: https://www.allenisd.org/cms/lib/TX01001197/Centricity/Domain/1919/The Southern Argument for Slavery.pdf
NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/1859/01/19/archives/the-abolition-of-slavery.html
The “personal benefit” is a type of welfarist argument. As in the slave owners “gave them good lives” and that made it all OK.
Some folks really need to read and discuss George Orwell’s book, 1984, and such things as double-speak.
Critical thinking has long departed.
Bold of you to assume the types of people actually, seriously in support of Florida GOP can read half a book without falling in a pit of rage and despair