Slavery was brought on by the advent of agriculture, 12,000 years ago. Humans (homo sapiens) have existed for 300,000 years. 12,000/300,000x100=

4% of our species existence

Capitalism itself has only existed for about 300 years, a figure so trivial it isn’t even worth calculating.

  • Lemmy_MouseOP
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    1 year ago

    Answering the questions no one has asked. I came across this topic today, did these calculations for my own use, and decided it would be useful to share this data, and so I have. 👍