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| Slavery - The exploitation of the weak by the strong Until the Industrial Revolution everything in the world was accomplished through muscle power, wind power, and water power. Slaves could provide muscle power. At the tribal level after a war, those of the losing side would often be assimilated into the victorious tribe and in a generation or two not be considered significantly different. At the national level, war produced a surplus of people from the losing side that could be bought or sold. The Vikings did a brisk business selling captives to the Mid East. Even though a great number of captives could be obtained after a large battle, most families needed only a few slaves as much business was conducted by families. The plantation system was an attempt to industrialize the use of muscle power in agriculture. This was also attempted in the ancient Roman empire. It is interesting to note that slavery was ending all over the world in the 1800s as the Industrial revolution was advancing. Even before the Industrial Revolution it made much more sense economically to tell people that they would only be paid for the hours they worked and they would need to find their own food, place to rent, and care for their own children, sick, and elderly. That this was not done much in antiquity may have been the result of families not wanting to appear heartless and ruthless.  Indians in Western Massachusetts were able to escape being made slaves because Jonathan Edwards insisted that Indians learning Christianity not be exploited by local farmers. While there can be a racial element in slavery, it is not a requirement. In the early Industrial Revolution factory owners worked to change laws in England so that men could no longer feed their families by hunting and, facing hunger, would have to seek factory work. It is sadly part of sinful (selfish) human nature to see an opportunity to make money from exploiting others and take it. One might see in the US Civil War a use of force to end slavery (which was ending on it’s own), as well as a Satanic tactic to increase the power of the Federal government. Also, the self-righteousness of social activists could be used to advance temperance, feminism, and progressivism. Together with media newspapers, people could be woven into a society of factory workers seeking collective action. The modern state of employment by corporations has been called “wage slavery” and while not as brutal as plantation slavery was, bureaucracies often also have mind-dulling effect and sense of hopeless servitude.     |
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