there is no universalized slavery.

并没有普遍意义上的奴隶制
Well there are slaves in China but, you know,

在中国有奴隶但是你知道
they are kind of family slaves.

那些奴隶类似于家奴
There are no great plantations which are cultivated by slaves,

他们不需要像在埃及或者罗马的奴隶一样
like in Egypt or Ancient Rome."

耕种大片的土地"
He excessively generalized about Rome, Greece, and Egypt

他彻底归纳了罗马希腊及埃及社会
the whole notion of slave mode of production.

奴隶制生产方式的概念
This is unique antiquity.

这是独特的古代产物
"But when I'm looking at Asia--

"但当我们着眼于亚洲
and in fact I'm looking at Pre-Columbian America--right?--

实际上着眼于哥伦布时代前美洲大陆时
there is no universalized slavery."

那里是没有普遍意义上的奴隶制的"
So he uses the term Asiatic form.

所以他用"亚细亚形态"这一词汇来形容