MomentarySanity

We have a minimum wage. It's $7.25/hr at the Federal level, so that's the baseline.

Northern manufacturing bought cotton from slave plantations, yes. As did British mills.

However, you'll note that in the absence of southern cotton during the Civil War, these textile mills did not shut down or become unprofitable, they switched to alternate sources of cotton.

Computer science is not a social issue. It's a technical issue. So meritocracy is a good tool for it.

Well, we do have, as most modern countries do, a system for the taking of private property for public use. But that's not even what's happening here, as no property is being taken.

If you think slavery was the main, or even a large driver of industrial growth, you need to explain the extreme lack of industry in places where slavery was common versus places where there was no slavery. E.g., New England versus the Carolinas, etc.

So are you going to shoot yourself or what?

Another fun fact: those dorms were specifically designed for easy conversion into a prison. Apparently the athletes were not super thrilled.

Lake Placid, NY still uses the Olympic venues. A lot of winter athletes train there.