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<blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 426928" data-attributes="member: 7177"><p><strong>Re: In Defense of Golems</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nope. He only has to be <em>paid</em>. If he can't afford food or somewhere to live, then that's his problem. And if he wears out... well, there's always more where he came from.</p><p></p><p>It worked for industry leaders in the 19th century (and Third World sweatshops today). Fantasy worlds aren't neccesarily any different.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And you need those aeons to get your initial investment back. Meanwhile, the guys who use human menial labor are much more flexible and can rake in winnings almost from day one.</p><p></p><p>Sure, you can use golems for all this. But that's only likely if you are some sort of enlightened communist who actually believes that it is the destiny of humanity to create an earthly paradise...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OK, being immortal is another possibility. But as for mortal humans, there is some doubt on their ability to plan the best for future generations... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For no one else, though...</p><p></p><p>(And speaking of immortals who take the long view of things, I hope that my article on elves as creators of slave species gets accepted by Pyramid magazine. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jürgen Hubert, post: 426928, member: 7177"] [b]Re: In Defense of Golems[/b] Nope. He only has to be [i]paid[/i]. If he can't afford food or somewhere to live, then that's his problem. And if he wears out... well, there's always more where he came from. It worked for industry leaders in the 19th century (and Third World sweatshops today). Fantasy worlds aren't neccesarily any different. And you need those aeons to get your initial investment back. Meanwhile, the guys who use human menial labor are much more flexible and can rake in winnings almost from day one. Sure, you can use golems for all this. But that's only likely if you are some sort of enlightened communist who actually believes that it is the destiny of humanity to create an earthly paradise... OK, being immortal is another possibility. But as for mortal humans, there is some doubt on their ability to plan the best for future generations... ;) For no one else, though... (And speaking of immortals who take the long view of things, I hope that my article on elves as creators of slave species gets accepted by Pyramid magazine. :D ) [/QUOTE]
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