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Topic	How would the lives of black and white people be different if slaves werent used
averagejoel 09/03/17 5:15:31 PM #16:	SharpX68000 posted... averagejoel posted... s0nicfan posted... Europe did just fine for itself for a long time without slaves. The US may have taken longer to become an economic powerhouse, but pretending like slaves were somehow necessary for the US to grow is just stupid. I listened to a podcast about this: the concept of GDP didn't exist at that point, but people have calculated that, if it did, over 30% of the US' GDP would have come from slave labour it's literally the main reason for America's wealth White people were sold as slaves in Africa. Look at how well theyre doing over there. slavery was not the backbone of their economy though --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:885961138] in How would ... [t:75735009]...</cite> <quote><cite>SharpX68000 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote>Europe did just fine for itself for a long time without slaves. The US may have taken longer to become an economic powerhouse, but pretending like slaves were somehow necessary for the US to grow is just stupid.</quote> I listened to a podcast about this: the concept of GDP didn't exist at that point, but people have calculated that, if it did, over 30% of the US' GDP would have come from slave labour it's literally the main reason for America's wealth</quote> White people were sold as slaves in Africa. Look at how well theyre doing over there.</quote> slavery was not the backbone of their economy though --- peanut butter and dick</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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