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Re:Amazon’s HR Failures by ectopod on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:40AM (#27550855)
Slavery was profitable. Many mansions in England attest to this. It just wasn't optimal.
Re:Amazon’s HR Failures by pfortuny on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:58AM (#27551039)
Serfdom is not exactly the same as slavery though. It has enough differences to make them incomparable from an economic point of view.
Re:Amazon’s HR Failures by ectopod on Friday June 18, 2021 @11:47AM (#27551583)
The mansions from feudal times are mostly gone. Many enormous mansions built with the profits of slavery in the West Indies still exist.