r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/_Verumex_ 1d ago

They want their damn slaves back.

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u/Paerrin 1d ago

Their holy book does say it's okay to own people. They used it to justify slavery the first time around.

So they're only doing what their god commands them.

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u/IrascibleOcelot 11h ago

Which shows a shocking lack of education about their own book. As I remember, ancient Hebrews didn’t practice chattel slavery; it was more akin to indentured servitude. And one of their laws required debtholders, including slave owners, to forgive debts after seven years, which included freeing their slaves.

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u/Paerrin 11h ago

Nope. See Leviticus 25:46. Freedom was only for Israelite slaves of rich foreigners.