Thanks for the link.
The solidest fact is the one that is irrefutable by virtue of being independently and credibly verified. As I’m sure you’re aware, even commonly known resources on the Internet have somewhat dubious credibility. Take Wikipedia for example. It’s quick but in some areas the information is suspect because it’s posted by partisans.
At this Listverse link we have someone presenting a variety of assertions. A lot of what she claims is common knowledge but many are not. And the fact that none if it is sourced is problematic.
This claim of equal pay for example. I can’t find a reference for it anywhere else. I’m not saying that it categorically isn’t true but without verification I find it suspect. I will continue to seek independent verification because I find the assertion interesting.
The more I’ve studied Church History, British history, and more recently slavery and indentured servitude, the less judgmental I am of either side in the War.
In the 1500s, the New World was being explored. In the 1600s, adequate technology existed for the poorest people to migrate here when times were desperate in the Old World.
Slavery and indentured servitude and peonage all became legitimately integrated into commerce throughout this new world frontier in the 1600s.
It continued for a couple of centuries until population densities came to equilibrium with the Old World.
It naturally began to fade away mid 1800s throughout the western world. It took several generations for its removal to reach an equilibrium economically and socially.
Today the buzzword is “Human Trafficking”, but this seems to be a method to identify the transition between Communist isolation to an open world competition as individuals again may shift national identities.
What will be the buzzword to transition from international oligopoly controlled economies back to free market competition for individual workers?