> be slaveowner
> muh free labor
> pay for their food, housing, healthcare, and security 24/7
> slaves have zero incentive to work hard or innovate
> constantly sabotage equipment and fake illness
> have to pay overseers to whip them, which is another cost
> entire economy becomes a monoculture shithole with no industry or skilled workers
> get economically mogged by industrialized nations that use machines and pay wages
> muh free income stream led to the most backward, impoverished region of the US for a century after the war
Slavery is a welfare program for lazy "elites" that kills national competitiveness.
