[DiogenesLamp]

Slavery, serfdom, bondage, etc., have existed on much of the earth, through much of the historic period. Why is it suddenly the subject of this adverse focus?

Because if the put yellow armbands on the people they hated, their intentions might become a bit too obvious.

[Ohioan]

Yes, I think you have another valid point.

Interesting contrast between the people who forced the yellow armbands and the way the old South treated its Jewish citizens (sending some of them to the U.S. Senate at a time when that would not have been acceptable in the less tolerant North.)

On the whole question of forced conformity:

Compulsion For Uniformity

[Ohioan]

bump

[Ohioan]

Compulsion For Uniformity