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49. The Dawn of Everything

Empire

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The History of Slavery

At what point did we decide to be shits to each other? Let me put it that way. I'm not describing some utopian state of perfect equality or freedom, but certainly not the worst excesses of inequality that are exactly encapsulated by slavery. It's very likely that slavery in some form or another actually predates the origins of agriculture. And there are many examples in more recent history of hunter-gatherer societies who kept slaves.

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