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Yes, the black plague led to labor shortages, shifting power structures, and the accelerated rise of mercantilism, leading to colonialism and slavery.
by Finnucane 3y ago
Yes, the black plague led to labor shortages, shifting power structures, and the accelerated rise of mercantilism, leading to colonialism and slavery.
- Ericson2314 3y agoThe population had recovered long before Columbus. The new world labor shortage leading to slavery was a different phenomenon. But yes labor shortage -> power structures change is good!
- moffkalast 3y agoNot so much in our case, now that we have automation it'll be less "power to the worker" and more "nobody wants to work anymore, we'll make do with robots instead".
- Ericson2314 3y agoIt still makes a difference. When workers are abundant, the "automation" we get is Uber / DoorDash, which is actually more labor intensive. People then complaining about delivery fees going up when the labor tightens, that is unambiguously tied to power structures.