I love the idea of someone being a landlord somehow exonerating them, lol. That literally makes me more suspicious.

ETA also literally most kidnapping is custodial, that doesn’t make it OK. Still kidnapping.

You don’t get a pass on imperialism because you’re bad at it, comrade. Russia is imperialist, even if they’re backward while they do it.

I’d agree, which is why we shouldn’t be presenting slavery as a circuitous jobs training program, like Ron DeFascist wants to.