Black slavery proves my point. Seen in the context of an experimental social institution, it was a massive failure that barely made it 8 generations before it c

Black slavery proves my point. Seen in the context of an experimental social institution, it was a massive failure that barely made it 8 generations before it completely imploded on itself (and took the lives of 650k Americans with it). There's no doubt that it seriously harmed everyone associated with its practice (including in ways you don't usually hear people mention, like decreased ambition and work ethic for everyone, slaves and masters, in slave economies), even mostly-innocent parties who were "guilty by association" like the free states. We're lucky that the US survived black slavery. Slavery has been tried many times but the gross inequity it inflicts means that no one can operate a stable economy or social system that depends on it.