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b_b  ·  3891 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An interesting question

Lots of good answers on here. This is what I had to say to wasoxygen, and what I think many people on here are say in different words:

    Here's why I oppose slavery, and why I think that libertarians and liberals sometimes find themselves on the same side of human rights issues: Because the most basic human right is the right of self-determination. The essence of being a human is the right to choose. When we deny that choice, we are stripping a person's humanity from them, humiliating and degrading not just their person, but their very existence. That is why slavery is wrong.