2018 seems so far when we see our human history, but how far have we gone when we speak about slavery? What we see today is nothing short of a (and i dare to say here) slavery of the modern type.
You may say we have rights. In some countries they do. In most countries like Albania they certainly don't.
In ancient times we see a similar situation whether in Egypt, Roman Empire , Ancient Greece, India, etc. Aristotle summed up slavery in Greece with three words: work, discipline and food. Today we have work, "training", food. The only difference is that in ancient times there was physical abuse, now it's emotional. The economical situation forces people to keep going however difficult the job conditions and employers are taking advantage of this situation. In Roman Empire and Ancient Egypt they could buy their freedom easier and could later be citizen with the right to vote, while in Greece there was not such designed path.
Sure you may say but this is 2000-3000 years ago and i say that's exactly the point. How much have been made to reduce that slavery type of life? In addition to that, now they are trying to develop robots to do humans job. They want to do that because robots have no rights and no emotions and they can work for hours without ever feeling tired. Another widespread issue is the working hours. In Roman Empire 2000+ years ago, a roman citizen was working 7 hours per day in summer and 6 hours per day in winter which brings it up from 36 to 42 hours per week. Do you think much have changed during the 2000+ years up to now? My full-time job expects me to work 48 hours per week and i work another 17-20 hours as a freelancer in translation which adds up to 65+ hours per week (not including here what is not counted everyday, 30 minutes rest and 30 minutes ready time for in and out).
I praise countries like Holland and Denmark with approx. 29 hours per week which definitely contributes to a better human relationship. Scandinavian countries are no short of those figures. In Japan on the other hand there is a word called "karoshi" which roughly means "Death caused from over work." Employers in Japan give their employees bonuses for working extra hours.
There is no doubt that there have been some progress throughout the world, but overall we are still considering work, a place to suffer. No wonder many people lose their minds from stress, some lose their families. People can no longer educate their children because they are not there when children need them the most. I don't understand why people go in streets (especially in Albania) supporting this and that political party. What we should do is have a program of our own. The system must change. It takes time, but if no one stands up, then humanity might end up keeping the slave type of life and never enjoy the moments that really count in their (our) life.
I am working on another topic but this time i won't reveal it since i am not sure which one to choose first.
I have to thank Wikipedia, topuniversities.com
businessculture.org
money.cnn.com
from which i extracted some of the data & photos used today in this article.
Nearly all of the text was written by me, except of some words here and there taken from the websites above.
