Nick Pell

And right, you laugh because it's ridiculous. But for some reason, the state does it. We just go, OK, it's OK now. And if that's your view of the world, I understand that my view of the world is not the same as many other people's. But that is my view of the world. Things don't become OK when the state does them versus when private entities do them.

And right, you laugh because it's ridiculous. But for some reason, the state does it. We just go, OK, it's OK now. And if that's your view of the world, I understand that my view of the world is not the same as many other people's. But that is my view of the world. Things don't become OK when the state does them versus when private entities do them.

Yeah, there's open air slave markets in Libya right now. Thanks, Hillary Clinton.

Yeah, there's open air slave markets in Libya right now. Thanks, Hillary Clinton.

Yeah, there's open air slave markets in Libya right now. Thanks, Hillary Clinton.

So as is often the case, you're going to get different numbers for total amount and per capita. And when we're talking about per capita, that is the highest proportion of people out of the total amount of people that are enslaved. The hall of shame is in order of most enslaved population to least North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania. I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly.

So as is often the case, you're going to get different numbers for total amount and per capita. And when we're talking about per capita, that is the highest proportion of people out of the total amount of people that are enslaved. The hall of shame is in order of most enslaved population to least North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania. I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly.

So as is often the case, you're going to get different numbers for total amount and per capita. And when we're talking about per capita, that is the highest proportion of people out of the total amount of people that are enslaved. The hall of shame is in order of most enslaved population to least North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania. I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tajikistan, and the United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tajikistan, and the United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tajikistan, and the United Arab Emirates.

And I would make an argument that North Korea is a slave state. I agree. I know that 10% of their population being enslaved, which is what the official numbers are, I think that the definition of slave is being a little too tightly applied and it should be closer to like 95%.

And I would make an argument that North Korea is a slave state. I agree. I know that 10% of their population being enslaved, which is what the official numbers are, I think that the definition of slave is being a little too tightly applied and it should be closer to like 95%.

And I would make an argument that North Korea is a slave state. I agree. I know that 10% of their population being enslaved, which is what the official numbers are, I think that the definition of slave is being a little too tightly applied and it should be closer to like 95%.

The peak in terms of percentage of the population being chattel slaves in the United States is 1790, and it's about 18% of the population. That's a big number. The last census prior to the abolition of slavery has about 4 million slaves in a country of 31 million. So that's not quite 13%. So yeah, America loses to all of these countries 150 years ago.

The peak in terms of percentage of the population being chattel slaves in the United States is 1790, and it's about 18% of the population. That's a big number. The last census prior to the abolition of slavery has about 4 million slaves in a country of 31 million. So that's not quite 13%. So yeah, America loses to all of these countries 150 years ago.

The peak in terms of percentage of the population being chattel slaves in the United States is 1790, and it's about 18% of the population. That's a big number. The last census prior to the abolition of slavery has about 4 million slaves in a country of 31 million. So that's not quite 13%. So yeah, America loses to all of these countries 150 years ago.

I think it's sticky when we start comparing it in this way. Like, it's not my argument that drafted American GIs on the beach at Normandy are the same as guys working a plantation in 1817. I think the real apples to apples here is what percentage of the population in what is now Saudi Arabia were chattel slaves in 1860. Uh-huh. Okay. And that's obviously not data that's- Exists, yeah.

I think it's sticky when we start comparing it in this way. Like, it's not my argument that drafted American GIs on the beach at Normandy are the same as guys working a plantation in 1817. I think the real apples to apples here is what percentage of the population in what is now Saudi Arabia were chattel slaves in 1860. Uh-huh. Okay. And that's obviously not data that's- Exists, yeah.

I think it's sticky when we start comparing it in this way. Like, it's not my argument that drafted American GIs on the beach at Normandy are the same as guys working a plantation in 1817. I think the real apples to apples here is what percentage of the population in what is now Saudi Arabia were chattel slaves in 1860. Uh-huh. Okay. And that's obviously not data that's- Exists, yeah.