Was it a lack of manpower? Was it geographic circumstances? Why couldn’t civilizations like, say, Babylon or Rome have an Industrial Revolution?
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Even when there was scientific discoveries and technological innovation, these were mostly curiosities and just knowledge for scholars and for the elites. Why? Because slaves and cheap cost of labor.
This is true even after the industrialization. Europeans who colonized Africa and South America, they didn’t really industrialize those places… just having lots of slaves work in the plantations was more efficient and flexible. Humans can do more different tasks, humans can make babies, humans don’t need a mechanic for repair and maintenance (nor a doctor in this case).
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