Slaver Socialism
All free adults who are not convicted criminals are given two slaves by the government at the age of 18. Some rent theirs out for money, others let their slaves run businesses and take a large cut of the profits. Those free people who become rich or were born rich can afford more slaves.
As individualist "good guys".
Most slave owners are OK to their slaves and tend not to treat them too harshly, as they know that if their two freely-given slaves die, they can only get more if they buy them, and buying slaves is expensive. Those jobs that are military/security related, "fun", professional careers (lawyers, politicians and the like) or too dangerous to give to slaves(like working at nuclear power plants) are staffed by free, paid workers, but all the rubbish jobs, and a lot of the middle rank jobs, are held by slaves. Many owners treat their slaves as part of the family rather then being very cruel to them, to lessen the chances of escape or revolts. Any race can be enslaved, not just black people. A slave owner can be enslaved if found guilty of certain crimes against free people or the government. Slavery for life is rare, most owners freeing their slaves when they reach the age of 70. Certain slaves have even become famous, although most of what they earn goes to their master or misstress.
As colectivist "good guys"
Most slave owners are OK to their slaves and tend not to treat them too harshly, as they know that if their two freely-given slaves die, they can only get more if they buy them, and buying slaves is expensive. Those jobs that are military/security related, "fun", professional careers (lawyers, politicians and the like) or too dangerous to give to slaves(like working at nuclear power plants) are staffed by free, paid workers, but all the rubbish jobs, and a lot of the middle rank jobs, are held by slaves. Many owners treat their slaves as part of the family rather then being very cruel to them, to lessen the chances of escape or revolts. Any race can be enslaved, not just black people. A slave owner can be enslaved if found guilty of certain crimes against free people or the government. Slavery for life is illegal. Certain slaves have even become famous, although most of what they earn goes to their master or misstress.
On paper at least, and in the large towns and cities in practise, slaves have some rights. They have Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day as holidays, and torture or murder of them and the removal of their body parts are banned. After 30 years, and sooner in cases of gross unpleasantness against them, they are freed and given two slaves of their own.
As individualist bad guys.
Although there are exceptions, a lot of slave owners are very cruel, and an owner can treat their slaves however they like. Those jobs that are military/security related, "fun", professional careers (lawyers, politicians and the like) or too dangerous to give to slaves(like working at nuclear power plants) are staffed by free, paid workers, but all the rubbish jobs are held by slaves. Middle ranking jobs are mostly held by free people. At best, most slave owners think of their slaves as tools. Whippings and other forms of torture are common and so is rape. Many slaves spend their whole lives as slaves from the cradle to the grave or the urn, and they are kept in order with harsh punishments even for small offenses.
As collectivist bad guys
Slave owners here get their slaves taken away and given to someone else if they are caught being nice to them. . Those jobs that are military/security related, "fun", professional careers (lawyers, politicians and the like) or too dangerous to give to slaves(like working at nuclear power plants) are staffed by free, paid workers, but all the rubbish jobs are held by slaves. Middle ranking jobs are mostly held by free people. Slaves have no rights at all. Whippings and other forms of torture are common and so is rape. Many slaves spend their whole lives as slaves from the cradle to the grave or the urn, and they are kept in order with harsh punishments even for small offenses. For rebellion, they are tortured to death if recaptured. A nation like this sees many other nations as inferior and as ripe for conquest to bring in a glut of slaves-more so if there are no nukes in this world. Think Nazi Germany or the worst excesses of Mao Zedong's China.