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Louis C.K. has a joke exactly about this called "Of Course, But Maybe": "Of course, of course slavery is the worst thing that ever happened. Of course it is, e
by alexpetralia 8y ago
Louis C.K. has a joke exactly about this called "Of Course, But Maybe":
"Of course, of course slavery is the worst thing that ever happened. Of course it is, every time it’s happened. Black people in America, Jews in Egypt, every time a whole race of people has been enslaved, it’s a terrible, horrible thing, of course, but maybe. Maybe every incredible human achievement in history was done with slaves. Every single thing where you go, “how did they build those pyramids?” They just threw human death and suffering at them until they were finished."
Link: https://youtu.be/0O5h4enjrHw https://youtu.be/0O5h4enjrHw
- Sgt_Apone 8y agoI realize this does not necessarily change the point of the joke, but evidence points to the Egyptian Pyramids being constructed by skilled tradesmen, not slaves. https://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-html https://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-h...
- chubot 8y agoI'm reading "Sapiens" right now and the author makes a similar point about empires (Roman, Chinese, British, etc.). Yes empires subjugated and killed lots of people, but they also brought them cultural innovation like money, rule of law, trade, standardization, etc. And the centers of the empires were wealthy enough to developer what we call culture -- architecture, art, music, etc.