Myanmar military had committed to end slavery in 2008 and in 2020.....
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In James C. Scott's "The Art of Not Being Governed", he outlines the standard template for the formation of a civilization, and in all (or nearly all?) cases, slavery is a necessary component. Our natural inclination favours freedom and self-reliance, so force is required to get us to cooperate with "their" plan. Civilization then gets the P.R. treatment and is packaged and promoted as being for the benefit of mankind and far superior to our "caveman" origins.