RE: Why Do We Think Slavery is Evil?
June 24, 2015 at 2:42 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2015 at 2:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You imagine that they (early ag societies) had less free time than we do now, less discretionary wealth (regardless of opportunity to spend it), but this isn't -actually- true. The amount of manhours devoted to a task and the amount of manhours directed towards the sustainance of any given individual haven't actually changed that much. Wealthy planters have always been wealthy, their methods have -always- been designed to increase their wealth...they have -never- been the inescapabale effect of subsistence ag. Those who entered into slavery, voluntarily or involuntarily, have always done so in service of the enrichment of those who already possessed much, and the enslavement of others has -never- been the deciding factor in that enrichment or the manner in which those enslaved could improve their situation.
The crops do all the work, the help, however arrived upon, only -increases- the wealth generated. It's never been lack of opportunity, it's -always- been lack of license.
The crops do all the work, the help, however arrived upon, only -increases- the wealth generated. It's never been lack of opportunity, it's -always- been lack of license.
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