Quote Originally Posted by pendell View Post
All of which is to say that slave labor is a truly terrible investment compared to automation (which doesn't care about things like morale) or the work of free beings fairly compensated. If Star Wars societies have slaves, it's because they haven't advanced in some ways beyond what was possible even in our nineteenth century.

But then, wasn't it Mechalich who pointed out that Star Wars, from a social science perspective, exists in about 1830 our time?

Respectfully,

Brian P.
Slavery still exists in our modern world, just not (probably given your post) in the country you live in.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slav...e_21st_century

As technology advances, slavery gets pushed more and more to the edges of the economy. This doesn't seem that inconsistent with the star wars universe, where the edge of the economy is literally the edge of the Galaxy.