Originally Posted by
pendell
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.