<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Slavery was once not only customary, but highly... > Slavery was once not only customary, but highly fashionable. Slaves were fashionable chattel property like a mule; beasts of burden, which came with bragging rights. The new slavery is materialism and consumerism — and every race is property of corporate profit. **Source:** [[books/Various Writings|Various Writings]] <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->