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Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h... by zhdc1 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:40AM (#27062311)
I don't even know if we can argue that there is an economic point to enslaving other humans (look at rates of industrialism in ex-slave owning regions).
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Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h... by krapp on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:40AM (#27063044)
There are more people in slavery now than there were during the transantlantic slave trade. It's a multi-billion dollar trans-national black market economy. Neither the Industrial Revolution nor abolition have even slowed it down.
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Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h... by adrianN on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:11PM (#27065402)
You should adjust your numbers for population growth.
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