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If technology disappeared in a @JohnBarnesSF Directive 51 scenario, or a Dies the Fires scenario, etc., we'd have slavery - under some name - back in < 5 years.
It's important to realize that technology changes, but human nature doesn't.
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4/ this is close to correct, but I disagree feminism didn't arise "bc the market needed more labor" (markets don't need X amount; there are supply and demand curves) feminism arose bc we tech made us rich enough that we didn't NEED women at homehttps://twitter.com/cryptojeezus/status/1199080484971667457 …
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5/ also "increased competition", if anything, shifts production to the most efficient producer. C.f. Ricardo's Law of Comparative advantage ; trade makes us richer and thus LOWERS demand for labor required to produce at the same level
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6/ I largely agree with thishttps://twitter.com/Saradin1337/status/1199081541936267265 …
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7/ my theory is that technology drives social change, which explains why slavery ended after steam engines and feminism started after the Pill. Your theory is ... people did it because they wanted to control people. Which ... applied in 100 BC, yes?https://twitter.com/brabakr/status/1199082025057021952 …
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8/ Efficient for whom? Slavery is efficient for slaveholders ; if it wasn't, they wouldn't do it. Also, it's not "confusing" morality and economics, it's making a point re connection between professed morals and economics. I thought that was obvious.https://twitter.com/onefiftyfivemm/status/1199109461140328449?s=19 …
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Yup. The sexual hellscape we live in was made possible by the Pill. Incels are a product of online dating, specifically Tinder. Who would have guessed that making sex nearly consequence free and giving the hypergamous sex easy access to the top 10% on a whim was a bad idea?
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Relatedly, I think we're going to see Victorian mores return as antibiotic resistant STDs make casual sex dangerous again.
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Same with feminism. Feminism only arised with globalism requiring more labour because of increased competition
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