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I remember reading that the Greeks or Romans would probably consider today's average wage earner a slave. Interesting to ponder about.
by jahaja 8y ago
I remember reading that the Greeks or Romans would probably consider today's average wage earner a slave. Interesting to ponder about.
- yellowbuilding 8y agoCapitalism is feudalism with polymorphism.
- watwut 8y agoThere are important difference among others ability of wage earner to leave without being beaten or killed for it. Feudal system gets closer to it and it is still not the same thing.
- Padefrel 8y agoCheck Jonathan A.C. Brown's forthcoming Islam and Slavery (October 8, 2019) for a very detailed treatment of that question (Note that I checked the drafts of his book that he posted on his academia profile).