this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (28 children)

Okay hate on capitalism, fair enough

But equating it to literal slavery like we've had in the past (and still have in some parts of the world) seems problematic to me

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What literal slavery? The pyramids weren’t built with slave labor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a dude with a whip in the picture, so it seems like the artist believes it was slave labor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It’s a common misconception.

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