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I didn't use the world slavery once, but I'll bite. They probably weren't entrepreneurs. None of that looks like a situation I'd want to have imposed on me. No

I didn't use the world slavery once, but I'll bite. They probably weren't entrepreneurs. None of that looks like a situation I'd want to have imposed on me. No individuals say "you know what I want to do today? Move rocks for zero economic use." I quote from your page: "Forms of forced labor and servitude are seen throughout all of ancient Egypt even though it wasn’t specifically declared as the well known term we have today, slavery. ... Conscripted workers were not owned by individuals, like other slaves, but rather required to perform labor as a duty to the state." Yeah awesome. Sign me up. The term is irrelevant. The pyramids are undoubtedly both great works and massive causes of suffering.

keiferski 7y ago
I’m certainly not arguing that it was an enjoyable or desirable profession. I was simply responding to your “a lot of whippings” comment. It is a common falsehood on the internet that the pyramids were built with slave labor. They would be better described as peasants with no political power and few other options. This would also describe the overwhelming majority of the population until at least the renaissance. There is a consensus among Egyptologists that the Great Pyramids were not built by slaves. Rather, it was peasants who built the pyramids during flooding, when they could not work in their lands.
gingabriska 7y ago
I read somewhere they had a labor union (maybe not exactly but early day version of it) and once they ran out of makeup (Alovera based moisturizer) and they went on strike untill their supply of moisturizer was restored. They had to work in sun so I can understand why they'd do it. I also read about analysis of their remains which brought out the fact that they were all well fed with plenty of meat and grains.

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I didn't use the world slavery once, but I'll bite. They probably weren't entrepreneurs. None of that looks like a situation I'd want to have imposed on me. No

by richardw 7y ago

keiferski 7y ago
I’m certainly not arguing that it was an enjoyable or desirable profession. I was simply responding to your “a lot of whippings” comment. It is a common falsehood on the internet that the pyramids were built with slave labor. They would be better described as peasants with no political power and few other options. This would also describe the overwhelming majority of the population until at least the renaissance. There is a consensus among Egyptologists that the Great Pyramids were not built by slaves. Rather, it was peasants who built the pyramids during flooding, when they could not work in their lands.
gingabriska 7y ago
I read somewhere they had a labor union (maybe not exactly but early day version of it) and once they ran out of makeup (Alovera based moisturizer) and they went on strike untill their supply of moisturizer was restored. They had to work in sun so I can understand why they'd do it. I also read about analysis of their remains which brought out the fact that they were all well fed with plenty of meat and grains.