Social diversity

Hi,

>
> Certainly any increase in standards of living in the developing
> countries will make the outsourcing of jobs to those countries less
> tempting, and will make machinery more cost-effective. Also, as
> technology improves, the initial and maintanance costs of the
> machinery goes down.
>

That already happens in many regions of Latin America. Wages are too
high in here to compete with China or India in manufacturing. So,
hurry up to develop cheaper and more efficient authomatic
manufacturing machinery.

> And what would a slave do? I know that there would be a market for
> people who just like having power over another human being. I
>suppose
> that slaves could be sold to such people. "I've had so much fun
> lording it over Toby that I'd like to buy another." An expensive
> hobby, but a market.
>

Well, agricultural or industrial slave man power is not of much use
in modern times. In the future is very likely all those process will
be fully authomatic. The problem for most workers, except in China
and India, today is lack of jobs rather than explotation.

But modern slavery is following other paths. The sexual explotation
of women and children is a business were slave owners are making
lots of money. Sexual tourism to Asia is widespread, for instance.
And the importation of sexual slaves to developed countries is a
booming business. And take a look at porn and prostitution industry
in developed countries, for example, which make a large part of the
product of some developed countries like Holland.

So, I am afraid mankind is very ingenuous to plot evil actions, and
in the future certainly they will find way to explote their fellows
human beings.

Omar