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Eat the rich. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon to c/memes

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago

At least he was also captured and sold as a slave. Moreover, Dio Chrysostom chose him as his anti-slavery champion in Diogenes or On Servants.

Diogenes argues that it is better not to have slaves at all, observing that:

... nature has made each man a body that is sufficient for looking after himself. — Dio, Oration 10.10