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Re:Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel (2012) by dennisgorelik on Saturday October 29, 2016 @08:27PM (#12827351)
Slaves are not really that cheap. You have to feed slaves, train slaves, guard slaves (from running away and from being stolen by somebody else).
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Re:Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel (2012) by api on Sunday October 30, 2016 @09:33PM (#12833666)
They are much cheaper than paid labor in many ways.
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