[simianwords]

i'm a bit worried for politics in the next 10-20 years because the upper class believe in conspiracy theories like this.

all your welfare and distribution were only possible because technology created the wealth that could be redistributed later. i would suggest researching this with a calm mind.

> Was this meaningful for humanity? Keeping 20% of the population in bondage because we didn't want to upset the productivity gains of slavers in the south? All progress IS progress after all right?

Slavery was actually leading to less overall productivity, abolishing it was crucial to make everyone richer and not just the slaves.

Apart from that, technology (and not redistribution) mostly resulted in much higher life expectancy and much lower poverty levels especially in developing countries like India and China.

You can ask your favourite LLM agent the primary reason the world achieved emancipation from poverty (hint it was because of economic activity and technology)