XPost: talk.politics.misc, soc.history.what-if, alt.history.what-if   
   From: SolomonW@citi.com   
      
   On Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:52:01 +1100, Phil McGregor wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
   I would say Roman society, I can think of slave societies that were   
   extremely technological   
      
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