The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 27 days agoWhat kind of ROI did they promise to their investors?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down111
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minus-squareOxysis/Oxy@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down2·27 days agoI mean the artisans who worked on the pyramids were payed quite well. They even got buried nearby when they eventually passed away. And no, slaves were not the ones building a the pyramids.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·27 days agoFrom what I have seen the newest consensus seems to be that they were essentially a massive jobs program.
minus-squareInnerScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·26 days agoShould have just called it the pyramid scheme.
I mean the artisans who worked on the pyramids were payed quite well. They even got buried nearby when they eventually passed away.
And no, slaves were not the ones building a the pyramids.
From what I have seen the newest consensus seems to be that they were essentially a massive jobs program.
Should have just called it the pyramid scheme.
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