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  • Yes, there were people who were anti-slavery for moral reasons.

    Let’s not forget that there were plenty of people who thought that Africans were inferior who wanted slavery ended for economic reasons.

    A slaveowner would rent out his slaves to do work for less money than any free man. Many slaveowners would bring skilled workers over from Europe and pay them for their jobs, and also to train some slaves. After the master carpenter moved on, the slaveowner had a dozen carpenters on his plantation. When they weren’t working for him, he’d rent them out. That meant that it was impossible for any local carpenters to earn a living.







  • That ignores the fact that America has the biggest military on the planet. Any sing aircraft carrier or nuclear submarine could devastate the planet.

    If you think that America will fade away quietly you’ve been ignoring everything that’s happened in history.

    You’ve yet to say anything relevant, just spewed a lot of alternate history fantasies.

    Go out and touch the grass, please




  • hopepunk

    TIL.

    I guess that a good book in that genre would be “Lord Of Light” by Roger Zelazny. Centuries after the colony ship arrived on the distant planet, humanity is still in the Bronze Age. This is because the ship’s crew used their advanced technology to make themselves into literal gods. They are nearly immortal and wield a variety of powers, from controlling fire to creating illusions and beyond. One of the crew decides it’s time for a change, so he starts a religious war.