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u/vinterzun · 2 pointsr/shittyaskhistory

If you really want to know, read Guns, Germs and Steel
Your question is what this book is all about. It's super interesting and the author does an amazing job of explaining it.

u/Ximology · 3 pointsr/shittyaskhistory

Actually, it has only to do with the Christians proximally. FTL dating can start with greater accuracy after an industrial revolution. Maybe the Christians delayed it, maybe not.

Slavery = very cheap labor source | No Slavery => labor must be purchased

When labor has a price greater than food, then businesses and governments have an incentive to reduce the labor they have to purchase.

Capital goods like automated mixers, columbines, and soft drink dispensers can be substituted directly for labor. The cost of capital goods is related to the state and availability of technology.

Soon, businesses realize that they can invest in technological development to get better capital at a cheaper cost. This allows them to replace workers with comparatively cheaper capital goods and save money. This trend will continue for the foreseeable future.

This is why some say we should not raise the minimum wage. Raising the cost of labor further incentivizes businesses and governments to replace workers with capital. Raise the service wage to $10 an hour, and you may see restaurants using a touch pad technology in place of servers. All sorts of work can, and likely will be done by robots in the coming decades. The first world will have to transition into a new economy. The unemployment rate will be high. We will have to move to a system where not having a productive job does not guarantee destitution.

Is a painter's work productive? You decide.

What if there were 10 billion painters?

As it happened, FTL was discovered by Charles Wysocki in 1992. And here is a decorative throw blanket you can buy.

Does that answer your question?

u/lewie · 1 pointr/shittyaskhistory

Judging from the fact that we've found 28,000 year old dildos, it was probably as shit as Modern Romance.