Wow I Didnt Know That About Black Slaves In Early America | |
| Marxist User ID: 18635385 12/01/2012 04:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Slaves in the United States are worth more than all the banks, railroads, and factories put together." Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28828719 Human labour is the source of all surplus value which is the basis of wealth. Even fossil fuels, which are a natural bounty of surplus value, require the input of human surplus value to transform into a bankeable commodity. Slave labour was the most profitable of these surplus values in land based economies as it is free. In modern just in time capitalism, it goes without saying that slave labour is worthless as it offers no basis for the exchange of goods manufactured. Slaves aren't paid and do not make good consumers in modern consumerism. Workers of the World, Unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 27428056 12/01/2012 04:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 18850150 12/01/2012 04:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | . Black slaves in the South were valuable assets and where treated as such. For the most part, black slaves were treated much better than their free poor white counterparts in the North who worked just as hard to earn slave wages without benefits like food, shelter, medical care, etc. . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1176916 12/01/2012 03:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |