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even counting slaves This remark should leave a bad taste in one’s mouth. Obviously being immoral and exploiting human beings is an economic advantage. And ex
by eska 2y ago
even counting slaves
This remark should leave a bad taste in one’s mouth. Obviously being immoral and exploiting human beings is an economic advantage. And excluding them in the census but benefitting from their work would be dehumanizing them even more.
- pfdietz 2y agoIt's an advantage for those doing the exploiting, but overall it's an economic disadvantage, if your per capita statistic includes the slaves when counting heads.
- eska 2y agoYes, educating all people will generate a bigger advantage in total. What I meant was that an individual will obviously make more money for themselves if they have free labor that they can exploit. So a society of N educated people will make less money than one of N people + S enslaved people, but a society of N + S educated people would make even more.