There is no such thing as self-imposed slavery. The very idea of it flies at the face of the definition of the word.
You gave an anecdotal evidence to show how slavery was somehow benign, and I responded with a bit of history to show that there was nothing benign about it, all anecdotal evidence aside.
It may have already been said, but the subject of Bundy's remarks were regarding the slavery in the United States of those captured, chained, shipped from Africa, sold in the US, and OWNED by their masters, with NO possibility of escaping.
This is LITERAL slavery, as being discussed.
There is, as has been said, no equivalency to the situation blacks are in now, no matter how desperate, because they DO have the opportunity to remove themselves from their situation, even though that may be difficult.
Therefore "self-imposed" slavery is not the same as, nor 'better than' LITERAL slavery.
Thanks to a conversation with Niger Innes, Bundy now understands that.
Hopefully his supporters here will eventually figure it out as well.