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During its time, slavery was a vital component of southern prosperity, but even had things turned out other than they did, slavery would have gone away in time. Industrial innovation would have done slavery a staggering blow eventually.
Slavery is something of a cultural commonality. Not universal, but pretty damn close.
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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle
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