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by legulere
3385 days ago
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> On the other hand, if institutionalized slavery still existed, factories would be looking at around $7,500 in annual costs for housing, food and healthcare per “worker”. What makes a lot of things like food so expensive is human work. If you had access to slaves you could probably also reduce those costs. We still have a lot of people living for under 1$ per day on this world. That's a factor 20 off from the cited amount of money per year. |
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Those same people living under $1/day now would have their costs greatly increased if they became factory slaves. Can't be malnourished, so food costs go up. Can't live just anywhere, so housing costs go up to live on-site at the factory. Can't work with untreated illnesses and injuries, so healthcare costs go up.