[e-gold-list] Re: America, no longer the land of the free.

[Craig Spencer]

VC:

On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Viking Coder wrote:

> > > > Do you really think that slavery produces wealth?
> > > 
> > > Yeah, but not for the slaves. 
> > 
> > I used my words carefully.  
> 
> I know. I was just playing around.

OK.  Its hard to know.
 
> > While slave labor may produce some wealth which some slave holders may well
> > acquire
> 
> If a slave holder has a lot of slaves, it is a very effective means of
> producing wealth for the slave holder. Wealth is produced through labor.
> Large amounts of 'free' labor produce large amounts of wealth for the
> holder of the 'free' labor.

It is not an effective way of producing wealth.  The slaves may produce
a large amount of wealth but they do so ineffectively.  The slave holder
does not produce it he just acquires it.  And he does not acquire it
either for free (he must do what is necessary to keep the slaves 
enslaved) or effectively (he must forego what he might have done as
an honest man).
 
> > slavery itself is not **productive** of more wealth than freedom.
> 
> Very true. Much more freedom is taken away than wealth is produced.

The point is that LESS wealth is produced.  So much so that all
will be poorer including the slaveholder.

CCS


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