Slaves on my staff

Over many years I have been refining my spiel about the benefits of pro-commerce. The Phillips tirade on this subject has become increasingly convincing, colorful, and increasingly imaginative.

Occasionally I face opposing questions.   I constantly try to refine my devastating responses to the point where the opponent recognizes the futility and meaninglessness of their argument.

One of the underlying arguments commonly raised against commerce is the Marxist presumption that all wealth is derived from either exploiting natural resources or forcing humans into slavery.  

Last night I hit on a winning response to this Marxist nonsense. I said that I would rather have a salaried employee than five slaves.

The reason is simple. The level of management (and government support) required to use slaves is great and their productivity is nil. Most modern commerce is not poicking cotton.

When confronted with the Marxist view that all commercial productivity is inherently imperialistic, simply ask the question: ‘Could one salaried employee out produce five slaves?’  The answer is 'Yes'.  Slaves are very unproductive, very difficult to manage and  Marxists are hanging on to the slavery idea long after the commercial world has discarded it.