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The fall of the Ruleman Empire (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It was bad for slaves as well. The post-Roman polities maintained slavery, so it's not "The slaves are now free", it's "The slaves are now under a system with a poorer quality of life for everyone, from top to bottom".

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What slavery in USA actually good because of Jim Crowe? Aren't slaves always better off under slavery? \s

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

What the fuck are you on about