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Golden Chains
A Persistent Pattern: From Slavery to Modern Colonialism
Ally Delshad TehraniFebruary 21, 20261 min read
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Slavery has never ended. Only its instruments have changed, its language has changed, and its modes of legitimation have become more complex. The iron chains have disappeared, but the golden chains of the happiness myth and the American Dream have taken their place. What remains is the same old logic: the extraction of…
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