100% agree people are as moral as technology makes it easy to be People have slavery without qualms for tens of thousands of years and then "somehow" had a moral epiphany ... right around the time steam engines became useful. Curious coincidence !https://twitter.com/EdLatimore/status/1198966424032743425 …
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@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.7 replies 4 retweets 23 likesShow this thread -
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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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And manumission predates the steam engine. Pay attention to the overall thesis.
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