Patrick Byrne

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

@econ_robinson You get the keys to a couple of identical jeeps. You will own one the rest of your life, the other, you turn the keys back in 5 years. Which will you treat more harshly? So it was with indentured servants. The idea was for them to end their contract at the point of starvation. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 6, 2023

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

@econ_robinson Actually, I don’t believe that’s correct. I’ll have to go look it up. But as I recall, there WERE 300k Irish slaves in the 1600s. Not indentured servants. Those came later. And while that always sounds like they served tea (“servants”), note my earlier example: — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 6, 2023

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

@econ_robinson Shouldn’t there just be one principle to govern this? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 6, 2023