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My counter example is slavery, which would lead to a very big wealth gap. I think that large slavery state or system would need metal working, but will guess it

My counter example is slavery, which would lead to a very big wealth gap. I think that large slavery state or system would need metal working, but will guess it has existed without.

bawolff 5y ago
Probably you need at least farming so you have something for your slaves to work on that can scale easily.
donw 5y ago
Yes, but what does slavery have to do with technology...? I don't understand the connection to the parent post.