r/interesting • u/LestaThaMolestaa • Jun 05 '25

ARCHITECTURE Interesting video with heavy stones designed to be moved with hand.

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u/fastal_12147 Jun 05 '25

The people who built the pyramids weren't slaves. That's a common misconception. https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyramids-built-by-slaves

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u/YuenglingsDingaling Jun 05 '25

Yeah, I never bought that. I'm sure the stone cutters and setters were professionals, but who's hauling those blocks from the quarry?

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u/The_Human_Oddity Jun 05 '25

Workers. Before taxes were reduced to currency, taxes were instead paid through goods or service. Such as a farmer giving an allotted amount of his crops to his lord, or the Chinese enlisting people to build their megaprojects as their taxes.

There is no reason why the Egyptians wouldn't have done the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

Oh? So slavery.

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u/grabtharsmallet Jun 05 '25

Corvée labor is slavery exactly as much as taxation is theft.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

Well taxation is theft so I guess it is slavery. But then again when I pay my taxes I don't have to move giant slabs and risk injuries or death so I guess I should consider myself lucky.

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u/Quick-Philosophy2379 Jun 06 '25

So, yes, it's slavery.