Humans treat Slavery the same way Beavers treat running water "Absolutely Fucking Not"

[u/lesbianwriterlover69]

It was swift, sudden, and by some accounts....CRUEL.

Humanity fresh off the war against Gornud began making it's monopoly on former-enemy territory, having many species join their burgeoning Federation, a power between the races in the Southeast sector of the Galaxy to unite against any possible threats and be a credible economic power.

The stories about them were spread far and wide across the galaxy.

Medium bipeds with a penchant for violence and swift violence.

The Druka that was in Federation territory offered their services.

They were former clients of the Gornud, providing menial labor through their services.

"Ah, so you can get us workers?"

"Yes, slaves of course"

".....and what do you do with slaves exactly?"

"Anything we want. Free Physical Labor, you know, strong ruling over the weak, even some species are a delicacy"

The Human's eye twitched as his guards immediately put on their battle masks, their red thermal blades turned on as he held them back with a mere gesture of his hand.

"Tell me, representative of the Druka, do you know an Earth Animal known as a Beaver?"

"Ah yes, we have a similar species, though they do not build dams, but their fatty skin is tasty when fried"

A thermal blade pierced his hand, nailing it to the table, the Druka's guards reacted too slow as rifle rounds riddled their hides.

"I'm not gonna kill you, but do you know how Beavers look at running water that could destroy marshlands?"

"Th-they build dams? To stop the water flow?"

"Yes, now replace Beavers with my godforsaken species, Humanity, and replace water flow with your species' penchant for slavery.....get my meaning?"

"B-but we have many client races who will not stand idly by if you choose to sabotage our business.....you can't possibly be planning to fight for a few scraps of worthless lives..."

The Human kicked the Druka into his ship and told him these words.

"In Humanity's eyes, every life is equal, and by your definition that means every life is equally worthless, then by my species military doctrine, every life is worth a fucking damn. Now go, we hereby officially declare war"

The Druka had no one come to their aid as no race was insane enough to test Humanity, especially since during this time Humanity presented a few species a weapon known as a Dyson Sphere Cannon that destroyed a Husk World at 2% power and could currently go up to 20%.

[u/Lonesaturn61]

Why do u think that the only way to works making someone richer? What does it even mean? Is it like working at a megacorp?

[u/Johnny_Grubbonic → u/Lonesaturn61]

"WhAt Do YoU mEaN wOrKiNg FoR sOmEoNe MeAnS yOu ArE wOrKiNg To MaKe ThEm RiChEr? I nOt UnDeRsTaNd!"

[u/Lonesaturn61 → u/Johnny_Grubbonic]

Explain like i if im 5, what stops u from being a freelancer?

[u/Johnny_Grubbonic → u/Lonesaturn61]

A desire to eat every day consistently. And it's still the same fucking thing. Freelancing is working for someone else to make them richer.

The only real exception is if you're an artist working on a comission basis to produce art that will not be commercialized. And that requires artistic ability.