slave numbers to increase as a percentage of the population, such that whites were a minority in South Carolina. Did they think they could
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keep that up forever? Did they not hear about Haiti? What the fuck were they thinking?
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Also note the collective action problem here. An individual landowner would have a hard time competing against slave labor, so market forces
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pushed them into having slaves. This could only be solved through collective action (government).
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They have a rather poor group strategy. They enriched themselves then and there without thinking about the long-term consequences.
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yep. Kind of pathetic lack of foresight, really
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I've always puzzled over this. If the morality of slavery doesn't bother you then see to sterilization as well.
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more slaves = more money
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isn't this Visa's company motto?
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