Rushdoony equated welfare-state programs with slavery of Black Americans.

Evidence

Rushdoony seemed to believe that involuntary slavery is justified in certain instances. “A man who abuses his freedom to steal can be sold into slavery,” he continues, then adds, “State supported and controlled education is theft.” And he calls “the claim of ownership to the lives of citizens” by a “humanist state” slavery, too. “In a century’s time, the Negro exchanged slavery to an individual for slavery to the State,” he writes. “In both conditions there are advantages, but both constitute slavery.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 461

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rushdoony argued transatlantic slavery increased Black freedom. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 459; Post-slavery labor exploitation criminalized black unemployment to force unpaid work — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 46; Post-slavery systems transformed rather than ended the oppression of black Americans — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations: How Building a…, 430

Broader Connections

• Rushdoony argued transatlantic slavery increased Black freedom. #contradicts (0.95) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 459
• Post-slavery systems transformed rather than ended the oppression of black Americans #qualifies (0.75) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 430
• Post-slavery labor exploitation criminalized black unemployment to force unpaid work #qualifies (0.70) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 46