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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3949774" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Plenty of whites have toiled in fields in the South too so I don't think it's fair to say only blacks could withstand the climate.  Cotton farming, farming in general, is very labor intensive if you don't have the modern equipment we have today.  The sad truth is that if we hadn't advanced technologically to the point where slavery could no longer be justified in any sense, then in every corner of the world groups that are either much larger or more advanced in weaponry would be forcing other groups to do their hard labor.  As is today no matter your color if you don't have the skills needed to advance yourself you often have to deal with bosses who see you as a necessary evil to be exploited.  If there's a reason to justify socialism that's it in my opinion.  But can it work?  Doubtful.</p></blockquote><p></p>