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Slaves are not no-cost labor, they have market price (i.e. capital costs), and you need to feed them (i.e. operational costs). Also, to get simple rotational po
by zajio1am 4y ago
Slaves are not no-cost labor, they have market price (i.e. capital costs), and you need to feed them (i.e. operational costs). Also, to get simple rotational power, you do not need slaves, you just need oxen.
- lr4444lr 4y agoThey do, but at scale that drops, and unlike oxen, they're trainable for producing value beyond sheer energy.
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