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by mistrial9 709 days ago
applied Game Theory in real human history a.k.a. wealth-building, has shown that the biggest empires with the most wealth and the best armies are built with slavery. So slavery did win, again and again and again. I don't think most modern people have any idea how deep and wide the history of slavery is ..

Game-theory is fun when you get good at it for designing markets and products, but let us not lose sight of the crucial discussion.. human beings with real lives are not equal to economic parts.
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renewiltord 708 days ago
Obviously bullshit since the US has no slavery and became a world empire 100 years after abolishing slavery.
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tacocataco 708 days ago
> The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_...

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mistrial9 708 days ago
pre-Industrial revolution .. miraculously, formal slavery was disbanded widely only after industrial production and agricultural labor was industrialized.. no?
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