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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·13 days agoThis only works if you have a captive semi slave work force that could be paid minimally or not at all.
minus-squarePudutr0n@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·13 days agoYou mean like every empire in the history of civilization or dare I say every nation state currently recognized by the UN does? Yes, it does and that’s why they’re doing it this way.
This only works if you have a captive semi slave work force that could be paid minimally or not at all.
You mean like every empire in the history of civilization or dare I say every nation state currently recognized by the UN does?
Yes, it does and that’s why they’re doing it this way.