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Yes, if you can treat workers like machines (i.e. no “human rights”) they are actually more efficient per calorie/dollar than a rotary engine for many tasks.
by erikpukinskis 8y ago
Yes, if you can treat workers like machines (i.e. no “human rights”) they are actually more efficient per calorie/dollar than a rotary engine for many tasks.
This is why slavery didn’t just die upon invention of the engine.
- harlanlewis 8y agoCitation provided (for the first claim): Qatar 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/03/qatar-world-cup-of-shame/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/03/qatar-wo... Russia 2018 https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/06/russia-world-cup-labor-abuses-stadium-building-sites https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/06/russia-world-cup-labor-a... Brazil 2014 https://www.aljazeera.com/humanrights/2014/07/world-cup-workers-struggle-basic-rights-2014738261599591.html https://www.aljazeera.com/humanrights/2014/07/world-cup-work... (a bit of a threadjack so I'll stop here)