XPost: talk.politics.misc, soc.history.what-if, alt.history.what-if   
   From: aspqrz@tpg.com.au   
      
   On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:25:18 -0600, Ned Latham   
    wrote:   
      
   >Phil McGregor wrote:   
   >> Ned Latham wrote:   
   >> > PhantomView wrote:   
   >> > >   
   >> > > I am at a bit of a loss to explain why Rome missed the boat.   
   >> >   
   >> > Christianity stultified it.   
   >>   
   >> Christianity had little or nothing to do with it.   
   >>   
   >> The real problem was economic ... slavery.   
   >   
   >Rubbish. Slavery was central to Ancient Mediterranean economies   
   >throughout the entire period of innovative thought all the way   
   >from pre-Classical times in Greece to the Roman Empire's "Silver   
   >Age" and beyond.   
      
   Evidently you didn't bother to read the REST of what I said.   
      
   "Slavery made mechanical and industrial innovation uneconomic in the   
   early, usually expensive, stages."   
      
   Which, of course, makes YOUR statement 'rubbish' ...   
      
   Phil McGregor   
      
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