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EscapeVelocity83 t1_irhbff0 wrote

Reply to comment by Cajum in Space adverts are now economically viable but potentially dangerous by Soupjoe5

The way you stop that stuff is by being better cheaper. Slavery was ended because of machinery replacing chattel with wage workers. Pretty much wouldn't change if there weren't the various progresses in tech.

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wasmic t1_iri4njv wrote

Serfdom ended in Western Europe due to the black death tipping the power balance towards farmers.

Positive change can happen if people stand up in unison. It doesn't need to be economical incentives.

This is also why the early modern company towns (which were pretty close to being slavery anyway) disappeared - people stood up for each other and demanded change.

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