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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by WalterBright on Saturday October 30, 2021 @06:01PM (#29052636)
> There was no notion that a minority got rich off the labor of others.

    Northern Iroquois Slavery
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/482790
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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by TaylorAlexander on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:16PM (#29053383)
I do not argue that the Iroquois were perfect, but we are not comparing them to a perfect society.
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