Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

News flash, Slavery existed for 400 years, so it was more than just a few white people involved, also that was followed up by years of segregation & Jim Crow & the systemic racism that still exists today. And, the modern world was built by slave/child labor & immigrants.

"And, the modern world was built by slave/child labor & immigrants" ..yeah, as much as it was by horses, oxen and machinery.

Who the hell do you think was riding those horses & oxen and operating & repairing the machinery?

Operating & repairing machinery are two different skillsets. And of course this depends on which machinery we're talking about. Same with various agricultural skills as well. Poor followup question.

You're the one who brought up machinery. And, why do you think that slaves & immigrants were lacking in skill sets? Agriculture exists everywhere in the world.

Skillset is everything. There's a difference between a farmer and a farmhand. Just as there is a difference between a mechanic and someone who does the same repetitive task all day moving products along an assembly line. All work falls on a spectrum of cognitive complexity.

In my observations, farmhands usually end up doing far more work than the farmers themselves, who nowadays tend to be on the corporate side. Also, you're still implying that slaves/immigrants don't have the cognitive skillset to do "complex mechanical work".

1) Raw quantity of work doesn't mean much in terms of value, as grunt workers are quite expendable, one grunt easily be replaced by another. The value of work is based on how lucrative/marketable the person's skillset it; the more valuable, the more indispensable they are.