From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   gggg...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > I thought that technological progress doesn't occur   
   > when there is a lot of cheap labor.   
      
   So the socio-political climate did make a huge difference,   
   is what you're saying.   
      
   > In the the case of ancient Rome, wasn't that about slaves?   
      
   The point is that labor wasn't valued. The reason why   
   it wasn't valued doesn't matter.   
      
   But, yes, you can compare it to the antebellum south where   
   socio-political-economic reality kept labor worthless and   
   industrialization all but completely frivolous.   
      
   In the north where labor did have cash value, even if not   
   a lot by our standards, industrialization took off.   
      
      
      
      
      
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