Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pitch on April 15, 1954 (2003)

Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by WalterBright on Thursday December 19, 2024 @02:39AM (#42459311)

> You can't think of any technology developed by slaves because they wouldn't get credit for it.

Can you think of any in the US Confederacy? Any at all? The cotton gin comes to mind, but that was invented by Eli Whitney in the north.

Can you imagine this?

slave: "Boss, how about if we do it this way, we can be more productive?"

boss: "shut up and do what I told you to."

Slaves had every incentive to do as little as possible, not improve production.

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by Eisenstein on Thursday December 19, 2024 @07:14AM (#42460717)

If you can't come up with a scenario where a slave would improve their life by innovating the tools and objects they had available to them, or a scenario in which a master is not a one dimensional caricature, or a scenario where a slave is not a stupid pack animal that can only follow orders, then the burden is not on history to convince you otherwise.

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by WalterBright on Thursday December 19, 2024 @10:20PM (#42467982)

History shows us that free men produce far more innovations than unfree ones.

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by Eisenstein on Friday December 20, 2024 @03:10PM (#42474538)

* History is not written by unfree peoples

* You have not taken into account factors such as portions of population, different types of slavery or really anything at all

* Your original logic has been shown to be inherently flawed and you are still trying to argue by using evidence that turns out to be an assumption when examined

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