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UK minimum wage takes into account the current supply of labor and many layers of politics / economic theory. This is not comparable to the cost of labor wrt su
by cbb330 4y ago
UK minimum wage takes into account the current supply of labor and many layers of politics / economic theory. This is not comparable to the cost of labor wrt supply in ancient Maori culture.
And disregarding the fundamental error in comparison, the currency needs to be converted to the present Easter Island conversion rate -- does that even exist?
Additionally, total cost is probably not the bottleneck. These were allegedly hunter gatherer's, so TIME was more precious than cost because current theory is hunter/gatherer's didn't have spare time to spend on statues until agriculture.
- mattlondon 4y agoThe question was how much it would cost to do it today, and anywhere. Question was not how much it cost to do it then. Please do try to keep up.
- bombcar 4y agoIt would be interesting to try to recreate it "as period-perfectly accurate as possible" but yeah, I was thinking using modern equipment, but the same materials, how hard would it be. A crane can be obtained that can lift one, probably no more than $10k a day maximum, heavy-haul trucks probably similar, so it's really the materials and the workmanship.