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.
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.
Slavery is a very old method of production that had a resurgence a few centuries ago.
It's more of a regressive economic movement than a new development, then and now.
It was not inevitable; the ruling class exploited socioeconomic conditions in Africa and exported enslaved laborers to colonies in the Americas accordingly.
I was referring to slavery as a necessary step during antiquity only, more recent slavery I don't believe to have been inevitable at all.
The "terrible swift sword" that forced hunter-gatherers into the wheat fields was maybe necessary for economy of scale early agriculture, yeah.