Please don’t take this question the wrong way, I am just trying to learn and get the opinions of more people on this subject. I find it interesting.

  • jermaphobe@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    It makes sense to me that some form of forced labor would be necessary since it is the simplest way to organize labor. But yeah, I suppose different ways to organize labor could have formed instead, although it seems unlikely to me.

    • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      The Inca empire didn’t have slavery, but they conquered and developed large amounts of territory even without literacy. They just exchanged rations of necessities for a set amount of labour per year. People had their needs met and Infrastructure Week went smoothly.

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      since it is the simplest way to organize labor

      Is it though? Wouldn’t it be easier to organise labour if the people you’re organising are cooperative?

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        maybe it isn’t, the more questions I ask the more I realize that I don’t actually know very much about this.

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          In a manner of speaking slavery is very simple if you’re heavily armed and surrounded by people who do not want to do what you want to.