[GaryBluto]

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

[robtherobber]

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]

Surely it's meaningless to compare the efficiency of slavery vs other systems, since your set of resources is completely different.

[tgv]

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]

You could compare systems to identify which one produces the greatest profit from the least costs, which the main thing an entrepreneur cares about.

[iso1631]

Not as profitable for robot owners today

[UltraSane]

Except the slaveholders entire life revolved around managing slaves and worrying about slave revolts.

[j16sdiz]

No. If you actually read the history, many slaveholder delegates management works to slaves

[steve1977]

So not much has changed really?

[jatari]

Yep pretty much no difference between 1800s chattle slavery, and having to work in an office.