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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is it slave labour if they can choose to strike?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago

Yes, that's called a slave revolt. In that specific case, a couple things of note:

1: You can have both slaves and "free" workers build the same thing.

2: Egypt almost certainly enslaved a large number of war captives from the Sea People invasion

3: That is literally five hundred years after the last pyramid. The Pharaohs moved on to building hidden tombs because it was both cheaper and less of a giant stone monument telling thieves were a rich guy buried some treasure.