Quote:Slavery is not some creation by government. Its part of the depravity of man. It existed long before complex governments ever did.


There is an argument that slavery was on the way to be outlawed in the South. Notice the distinction; "outlawed". They weren't gonna just say "hey, gentleman's agreement: let's cut this out." same goes for other countries. Laws were required.


Laws are needed to prevent people from doing wrong, which you agree includes discrimination. If we just go to a wild West approach then that will result in a lot of shenanigans. No way around that.