[Old Student]

“We seem to have reverted to medieval thinking, replacing increases in productivity with cheap serf / neo-slave labor, creating an uber rich elite and massive serf population.”

Look up “latifundia” and their effect on the Romans.

[algernonpj]

Look up “latifundia” and their effect on the Romans.

Thanks for the tip. I had never heard of latifundia. I've started reading about them... thus far it seems 'the more things change, the more they say the same'... or 'cheap labor isn't so cheap in the long run'.