Re:The Language of the Roman Empire
by WalterBright on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:46PM
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And yet millions of people lived and worked there. Agricultural work is backbreaking.
The South didn't even have a shoe factory.
Really, how productive can a workforce be that can't read, that have to be forced to do anything, that will not contribute any improvements, that have to be guarded at all times, that will sabotage the work if they can get away with it, etc.?
How productive would you be if you were a slave?
Slavery is a terrible economic system when compared with free labor. It isn't remotely a surprise that free economies economically bury slave economies.
The South didn't even have a shoe factory.
Really, how productive can a workforce be that can't read, that have to be forced to do anything, that will not contribute any improvements, that have to be guarded at all times, that will sabotage the work if they can get away with it, etc.?
How productive would you be if you were a slave?
Slavery is a terrible economic system when compared with free labor. It isn't remotely a surprise that free economies economically bury slave economies.