tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post7410074965275177249..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : SEX, CHEAP LABOR AND FTL DRIVES: THE “ECONOMICS” OF INTERSTELLAR SLAVERYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-85780319778868048932010-08-30T12:00:36.865-06:002010-08-30T12:00:36.865-06:00Interesting. The "entertainment" value,...Interesting. The "entertainment" value, of course, comes from watching the slaves endure, rise up, escape, overcome or rebel, giving their masters what they truly deserve. We do so love an underdog, and it doesn't get much further "under" than that!Donna S. Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431686010313020234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-52375622252329453052010-08-30T07:08:12.234-06:002010-08-30T07:08:12.234-06:00It feels wrong somehow to be 'turned on' -...It feels wrong somehow to be 'turned on' - 'entertained' - or whatever by the idea of slavery when the reality of it is so bad but I'm there with the rest of you finding it a legitimate and interesting theme in ANY novel. I just read - Mistress of Rome - set in ancient times and it was a yet another story of a slave makes good. If it can happen in the past, it can happen in the future. It STILL happens in our world now, so why shouldn't some other world fancy their chances with us?Barbara Elsborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825994197656747262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-76517587276756299022010-08-23T16:09:53.310-06:002010-08-23T16:09:53.310-06:00Thought-provoking post, Donna. I agree with the po...Thought-provoking post, Donna. I agree with the points you've made, and furthermore I think these themes are always going to be of interest to us because they've had such an impact on our history. <br /><br />As our scientific prowess advances, we're likely to come hard against these issues over and over. Anybody see Moon?Sharon Lynn Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886205665048406062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-60243564416825809002010-08-23T12:13:01.855-06:002010-08-23T12:13:01.855-06:00Thanks for having my back, ladies. I thought I ca...Thanks for having my back, ladies. I thought I catch a lot of flack on this one, but I guess all the critics are on vacation! :-)Donna S. Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431686010313020234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-34705678132222253412010-08-21T09:31:14.434-06:002010-08-21T09:31:14.434-06:00Great points, Donna. What we know we're capab...Great points, Donna. What we know we're capable of as a species, as Marva pointed out in her comments, is the same questions of morality, economics and might-over-right that we carry into our fictional(?) futures with a speculative twist or two.<br /><br />"Absolute power corrupts absolutely" is as true today and in the past as it will be in the future. "Because we can" may not be a sound argument, but it's one of the most prolific unspoken justifications that exists anywhere...or in any century.L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-63050195984455519642010-08-20T17:56:36.477-06:002010-08-20T17:56:36.477-06:00I can totally believe the slavery of humans by ali...I can totally believe the slavery of humans by aliens since the slavery of humans by humans is going on as we speak.<br /><br />In my own dystopian future, corporations are the enslavers by dint of controlling all manufacturing, sales, and production. Isn't this what's going on now? <br /><br />It's a fearsome future. Science fiction has always been the harbinger, the literature that warns how things can go wrong (and do) if uncontrolled corporate greed is allowed to run rampant.<br /><br />Oops. Sliding off soapbox. But I do agree that the SF extrapolations are entirely within the realm of possibilities.Cellophane Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166797508899835493noreply@blogger.com