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Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @03:17AM (#47775706)
That reasoning makes no sense. There was no significant production of rice by slaves.

But also, threshing flails were used outside of rice-growing regions.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Battage_...

Considering that they must be hundreds of times more expensive than long sticks with no hinge, I would say the reason must be that they're better at threshing.

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Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by bluGill on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @09:17AM (#47778560)
Slaves was probably the wrong term, my understanding is more like oppressed farmers as opposed to slaves?

In the end though, I'm not an expert. I'm repeating what people who seem to be experts have told me and it makes sense - but I can't judge who is an expert. (either you random hacker news commenter, or whatever other "expert"). I'll gladly stand corrected if anyone can show they really are an expert.

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