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The ubiquity of slavery doesn't imply that slavery was necessary for the development of modern countries/economies. It just implies that, through much of histo
by slibhb 8mo ago
The ubiquity of slavery doesn't imply that slavery was necessary for the development of modern countries/economies.
It just implies that, through much of history, people didn't see anything wrong with slavery.
- iamnothere 8mo agoI never said it was necessary, only that it was universal. I suspect that the recent aversion to slavery is more of a function of our relative level of development (and the education that comes with it) than anything else. Morality can only thrive when there is a reasonable standard of living, otherwise people will find ways to justify evil. Today it seems that we are at a level of development where we can only justify slavery if it is out of sight. I hope we can advance further, but we may be at our limit, as other moral taboos are already breaking down.
- slibhb 8mo ago> I never said it was necessary, only that it was universal. Fair enough! I'm much more optimistic than you. I think we'll keep muddling along, slowly improving morally for the forseable future.
- iamnothere 8mo agoI hope you are right.