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They said economically beneficial, not good. This whole exchange seems to prove their point. I'd like to read arguments on both sides for the economic effects
by IanCal 10y ago
They said economically beneficial, not good. This whole exchange seems to prove their point.
I'd like to read arguments on both sides for the economic effects of, say, slavery in America. Did America benefit? If so, over what timescales? Were there benefits in the short term but the ongoing divisions now hurt the economy more? And I can wonder about these things while still not thinking it was good.
- eastWestMath 10y agoThat topic has actually been researched, the slave states had less developed economies than the northern states. For the same reason all feudal/slave states have underdeveloped economies. Of course, some people in this thread are probably ready to laud Hitler's economic acumen, while ignoring his economic gains were due to public spending building a war machine and taking Jewish people's stuff.