I'm just trying to imagine, idk, Pompey and Crassus sitting down to dinner and lamenting how difficult it is to justify slavery to the Roman people. If only someone could figure out a rationale!https://twitter.com/dhershiser/status/1459885775957282821 …
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On the other hand, it's a strong entry in the "Twitter historical takes" to follow up on the spectacular "we bombed Hiroshima because the Manhattan Project was expensive".
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More seriously, I think it's valuable to remember that a lot of people--even sophisticated and sympathetic people--took some things we consider unthinkable so very much for granted that even saying they tried to justify them at all borders on incoherent.
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Tiberius, upon being informed a justification for slavery would be a crucial political necessity for him (colorized):pic.twitter.com/oapOyoBadC
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