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Slavery is horrifically evil. Ending it freed 4 million people from daily robbery, abuse, and a life of subsistence poverty. Banning slavery eliminated massive
by charliea0 2y ago
Slavery is horrifically evil. Ending it freed 4 million people from daily robbery, abuse, and a life of subsistence poverty.
Banning slavery eliminated massive dead weight loss. Slavery used violence to force labor from people below the clearing price - it compelled them to work for free.
All liberals should oppose slavery. We should want free people, free markets, and a generous social safety net for all.
- jampekka 2y agoSocial safety net causes deadweight loss. To be clear: I'm not for minimizing deadweight loss because free markets are horrible for humans. Free markets don't care about human suffering. Regulated markets can be OK, but then you shouldn't talk about free markets or deadweight losses.