How indeed
How indeed
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Less burocracy and stupid permissions, plans and a "Let's go" was enough.
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The secret ingredient then was the same as it is today.
Slave labor.
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Error, they certainly had slaves, but not for building Pyramids and Temples. The Farao knew, if he wanted a job well done, he needed professionals, he used free paid workers. The true is, it was a hard work, but in better conditions as often today
- 8 h days
- 6 days the week
- A cabin with garden for them and their families
- Medical attention
- Tax exemption
- Free food
- Attention of the elderly
- https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/were-slaves-used-to-build-the-pyramids-debunking-a-long-standing-myth.html
- https://thefactbase.com/the-pyramids-were-built-by-paid-laborers-not-slaves-that-s-a-myth-by-herodotus-the-greek-historian/
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-the-egyptian-pyramids-not-slaves
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God was their AI.
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Slaves. They did it with slaves.
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Wait till you find out how modern economies function.
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They did it with whips, Rimmer. Massive, massive whips.
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That's one thing that's stayed constant to this day.
At best, that's reductive and at worst it's completely wrong. I get that this was probably a joke answer, but I feel like this misconception is unfortunate since it misrepresents ancient Egyptian culture and also undermines the impact of the unique evil of chattel slavery that was practiced in the US.