Undesirability & Chronic Stressors
maybe turning intentionally disabled people, who were refused appropriate qualifications in education and employment, into weapons of ambient destruction, hadn't been such a clever or even great idea after all. maybe the path now being repeatedly set was repeatedly becoming fraught with lies and self-deception. it wasn't difficult to tell yourself the truth. you knew that you and your families gained your status through what perpetuated a hierarchy of slavery. all you had to do was remain capable of reminding yourself about it.
slavery is fundamentally a system of social inequality. it creates a vertical order, much like the fixed rungs of a ladder:
It is designed to maximise labour extraction.
It requires layers of control (owners → overseers → enslaved).
It uses ideology (race, religion, law) to justify domination.
It removes autonomy and creates a permanent underclass.
Common chronic stressors include:
