Sunday, January 14, 2018

3 True Reasons for Slavery (Economic or Otherwise)

Wisconsin Public Radio recently ran a story about how one Social Justice Warrior's complaint about a legitimate homework assignment coerced the school into retracting the assignment (after the due date) and, presumably, assigning an even-more time-consuming homework lesson instead.

I'll do the 4th-graders' assignment for them, seeing how -one- whiny pianist ruined the learning experience for everyone.

The critical thinkers among us are capable of appreciating the perspective-taking exercise; whereas, those afraid of discomforting knowledge will perhaps venture a protest comment before navigating away without thinking-through these arguments.

3 True Reasons for Slavery (Economic or Otherwise)

-Also titled, "3 Positive Effects of Slavery," for search-engine optimization purposes-
-Formerly titled "3 Good Reasons for Slavery," to play-off the controversial school assignment-
-While these reasons might share a common theme of economically justifying slavery, each addresses a different facet of economy.

1) Slavery produces market efficiencies that lower the cost of production, thereby allowing -everyone- (including the slaves) to procure goods at lower prices.

2) Slavery solidifies social stratification, thereby producing a more-stable, predictable, and consistently-ordered society.

3) Slavery ensures those not-emancipated dedicate themselves fully to their work (due to the lack of opportunities elsewhere), thereby producing the highest-quality work humanly possible. #NoJobHoppers

Those are just the benefits for -everyone-.
One bonus benefit, specifically for the non-slaves:

4) Slavery reduces competition for better-paying jobs, with better conditions of work, thereby mitigating the downward-pressure onto wages that occurs as more non-slaves are born and grow into working-age.

Of course, the corollary is a personally-bad reason for the slaves:

-1) Slavery keeps better-paying jobs, with better conditions of work, available to only those with a particular birthright, and thereby ensures a minimum baseline of inequality. This discourages slaves from competing for emancipation, as they will not be considered for white-collar or professional roles, no matter how many college degrees they might earn.

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