• lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
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    1 day ago

    To me, it sounds like an alternative word for slave owner. Probably because of the “lord” part in the word… Gives me feudal vibes, too.

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      That’s because of the way that word is, ya see.

      It’s not the same. As slavery or feudalism. Or indentured servitude. Or sharecropping. Or company towns and scrip. Or union-busting, “off-shoring”, easy payday loans, easy credit, permanent basement minimum wages.

      But here, and now? And surely, more clearly all the time, not just here, not just “for now” -

      It’s a new shape of boot, one of a few really, that look like the old boots, but a little different. And now with sparkling added (modern) effervescence ™.