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0 pointsGaryBluto27d ago0 comments

Slavery wasn't inefficient and was highly profitable for slaveholders.

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Not contradicting the second part, but I want to emphasise that they are different things. Slavery (and capitalism) can be extremely inefficient and simultaneously wildly profitable.

n4r927d ago

Surely it's meaningless to compare the efficiency of slavery vs other systems, since your set of resources is completely different.

tgv27d ago

You could if you look at e.g. the crop yield (ceteris paribus). I don't know why you would, because what sane conclusion could you draw from it?

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iso163127d ago

Not as profitable for robot owners today

UltraSane27d ago

Except the slaveholders entire life revolved around managing slaves and worrying about slave revolts.

j16sdiz27d ago

No. If you actually read the history, many slaveholder delegates management works to slaves

steve197727d ago

So not much has changed really?

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robtherobber27d ago

Not contradicting the second part, but I want to emphasise that they are different things. Slavery (and capitalism) can be extremely inefficient and simultaneously wildly profitable.

n4r927d ago

Surely it's meaningless to compare the efficiency of slavery vs other systems, since your set of resources is completely different.

tgv27d ago

You could if you look at e.g. the crop yield (ceteris paribus). I don't know why you would, because what sane conclusion could you draw from it?

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iso163127d ago

Not as profitable for robot owners today

UltraSane27d ago

Except the slaveholders entire life revolved around managing slaves and worrying about slave revolts.

j16sdiz27d ago

No. If you actually read the history, many slaveholder delegates management works to slaves

steve197727d ago

So not much has changed really?

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