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<blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 4052394" data-attributes="member: 28771">Moving away from what the OP may or may not dream about in the privacy of his own mind...Pricing is going to be dependent on what the culture values.&nbsp; A culture that values beauty is going to charge a premium for beautiful slaves.&nbsp; Read any books about the drow and its obvious they don't have a lot of ugly slaves or servants.&nbsp; They don't even suffer their own ugly children.A culture that values strength is going to charge a premium for strong and healthy slaves.&nbsp; A culture that depends on agriculture is going to charge a premium on slaves with high constitutions that can work 10-12 hours a day.&nbsp; Regardless, slavery is an enormously expensive proposition.&nbsp; Historically, most slave cultures begin to die out not because people suddenly become enlightened, but because it gets too damn expensive to upkeep.&nbsp; Only the most wealthy own slaves, and it breeds contempt in those who can't afford slaves.&nbsp; People start to buy into the &quot;slavery is evil&quot; line of thinking not because they inherently believe the institution is evil, but because it is a good justification for their own hatred and jealousy of those that can afford slaves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bardsandsages, post: 4052394, member: 28771"] Moving away from what the OP may or may not dream about in the privacy of his own mind... Pricing is going to be dependent on what the culture values. A culture that values beauty is going to charge a premium for beautiful slaves. Read any books about the drow and its obvious they don't have a lot of ugly slaves or servants. They don't even suffer their own ugly children. A culture that values strength is going to charge a premium for strong and healthy slaves. A culture that depends on agriculture is going to charge a premium on slaves with high constitutions that can work 10-12 hours a day. Regardless, slavery is an enormously expensive proposition. Historically, most slave cultures begin to die out not because people suddenly become enlightened, but because it gets too damn expensive to upkeep. Only the most wealthy own slaves, and it breeds contempt in those who can't afford slaves. People start to buy into the "slavery is evil" line of thinking not because they inherently believe the institution is evil, but because it is a good justification for their own hatred and jealousy of those that can afford slaves. [/QUOTE]

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