How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
The earliest [Moriori] transgressors were executed in gruesome ways [by the Maori] & the survivors lived in that state of lethargy engendered by relentless subjugation. (1.10.21)
Slavery isn't easy to break out of. While slaves are far from comfortable, there's a sort of complacency in them that comes with the status quo, no matter what it is. Change takes action, and that's almost impossible when you're uneducated, poor, and worked to the bone.
Quote #2
Only purebloods are entitled to "rests," Archivist. For fabricants, "rests" would be an act of time theft. (5.1.8)
The fabricant labor force is institutionalized slavery. Don't want to pay your workers for government-mandated breaks? Create your own workers who don't have rights and don't need breaks. The perfect solution. Gag.
Quote #3
"If, by happiness, you mean the absence of adversity, I and all fabricants are the happiest stratum in corpocracy, as genomicists insist. However, if happiness means the conquest of adversity, or a sense of purpose, or the xercise of one's will to power, then of all Nea So Copros's slaves we surely are the most miserable." (5.1.30)
Sonmi is about as happy as a slave who isn't being whipped. Sure, your master is treating you nicely (in a manner of speaking), but you still have to answer to a master. How happy can you be without freedom?