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by throwawayoaky 1268 days ago
Pretty sure slavery is corrosive to the slaveholder too. Source: slack ass economies love slaves
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Not disagreeing with you but..

I was once thinking like the OP too. However, life taught me that you can find someone to do any sh*t job (provided you pick from a large enough pool). Likely because their circumstances are improved by it, at least a little.

Hence I'd rather try to improve things a little bit for one person, unlike my purist (and naive) younger self.

I must admit though, personally I still find it hard still to make someone else do something I myself loathe doing.

> I must admit though, personally I still find it hard still to make someone else do something I myself loathe doing.

Not sure how you avoid it. I assume you don't pick all of your own apples or slaughter your own cows or mine your own iron or cobalt. Delegation is the cornerstone of civilization.