In fact, one of the first recorded instances of a general strike by workers happened in ancient Egypt.

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1089/the-first-labor-strike-in-history/

  • build_a_bear_group [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I have to thank Michael S. Judge for pointing this out. But Albert Speer Jr. was involved in creating several Qatari World Cup stadiums. So, the son of Hitler's architect and prominent Nazi was involved with the mass death of thousands of Pakastanis and South Asians.

  • YuriMihalkov [comrade/them,any]
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    2 years ago

    Even accepting the premise of the meme it's baby brained shit.

    "Projects in the last few years using ongoing systems of slavery and ones that happened 5000 years ago in societies that no longer exist are equally deserving of our concern and scorn. I am very smart"

    • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Some of the more evil and more forward thinking sophists will use it to excuse the legacy of slavery and white supremacy of the US and most of Western Europe, by trying to point out "liberal hipocrisy": oooooh the Ottomans had white slaves, but you're not outraged about that, now, are you?

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      1 month ago

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  • Dolores [love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    there aren't even allegations of slave labor or mass deaths during the construction of either historical building vs.

    widely known and confirmed slave labor & even recorded deaths in this, the modern era which we can check and know with a high level of accuracy

    • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Also you aren't giving your money to the ancient Pharaohs if you visit Egypt.

      • Ezze [hy/hym,they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Y-You didn’t leave a tribute for the pharaohs in the Valley of Kings? Be on the lookout for mummies and ancient curses.

    • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, I see the coliseum as a stadium built by slavery. The roman empire is not profiting off it because it doesn't exist anymore. The world cup stadium is profiting Qatar

  • LamontCranston [any]
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    2 years ago

    Herodotus explained how it was built in The Histories.

    Aside from the racial subtext in the leading questions of "how could these non-white people have built this" I think it is also forgotten that before Nasser and the Soviets built the Aswan Dam the whole Nile valley was flooded for 3 or 4 months a year leaving farmers with nothing to do - perfect time to put them to work.

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    For the pyramids the labour was done by farmers during the off-season as well, was it not?

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I mean, it depends on your view of wage labor and the Egyptian system of taxation that ultimately funded these tombs.

      But as we understand it, Egyptian laborers were paid in commoditized agricultural surplus. I believe garlic was a big part of it.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The strike document specifically mentions that the workers hadn't received the beer and onions they were due.

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        2 months ago

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    • Judge_Juche [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I've read it was like an early form of make-work project, instead of having all these farmers sitting around during the wet season you pay them to build pyramids or like a big local infrastructure project like dams and roads. It would keep the economy going during the seasonal lull and give people something to do so they don't foment rebellion.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    I will not be visiting due to global tourist travel being reserved for the idle wealthy my deep commitment to labor rights

    Uh huh.

  • Spectre_of_Z_poster [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Even if a bunch of people did die building those ancient buildings, the societies that built them have long since gone. None of those slavers or exploiters remain alive and in power, they aren’t getting paid your tourist money in hell.

    The slavers and exploiters that built the World Cup stadium are still alive, still in power, and joining in on the spectacle is financing and rewarding them