At what point does morality actually matter? Moral arguments supersede consequences. That is the power of morality. “If we end slavery then who will pick the cotton!?” Answer: no clue. Doesn’t matter. Slavery is immoral. Reality: we’ll develop metal monsters that burn ancient crushed tree juice to automate away the manual labour. The moral argument is our compass to use because the future is unpredictable. If the moral argument is correct, like a perfectly tuned compass, you will find yourself navigating to the future with the optimal circumstances. #morality #philosophy

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Makes sense, I like it. But I have to point out that we pretty quickly reinstituted slavery (by we, I mean America) after finally ending Jim Crow laws by debasing the currency, which turned all Americans who didn't own real estate into slaves, since slavery is when the value of your work is stolen from you. Its almost as if our system can't work without someone supplying free labor.
Yes I understand. I was specifically referring to chattel slavery, but you’re correct: the same moral rules that invalidate chattel slavery invalidate the central banking cartel. We are still slaves, just not in a legal sense.