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Slavery wasn't inefficient and was highly profitable for slaveholders.

• robtherobber 8mo ago
  Not contradicting the second part, but I want to emphasise that they are different things. Slavery (and capitalism) can be extremely inefficient and simultaneously wildly profitable.
  • n4r9 8mo ago
    Surely it's meaningless to compare the efficiency of slavery vs other systems, since your set of resources is completely different.
    • tgv 8mo ago
      You could if you look at e.g. the crop yield (ceteris paribus). I don't know why you would, because what sane conclusion could you draw from it?
      • direwolf20 8mo ago
        You could compare systems to identify which one produces the greatest profit from the least costs, which the main thing an entrepreneur cares about.
• UltraSane 8mo ago
  Except the slaveholders entire life revolved around managing slaves and worrying about slave revolts.
  • j16sdiz 8mo ago
    No. If you actually read the history, many slaveholder delegates management works to slaves
    • steve1977 8mo ago
      So not much has changed really?
      • jatari 8mo ago
        Yep pretty much no difference between 1800s chattle slavery, and having to work in an office.
• iso1631 8mo ago
  Not as profitable for robot owners today