Timeline for Why Would Aliens Enslave Humans?
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| Feb 21, 2020 at 10:17 | comment | added | LukasExemplar | I feel like any aliens who could enslave another species, perhaps entirely, would be advanced enough to just automate any work a slave could do and end up having no use for human slaves. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 13:41 | answer | added | მამუკა ჯიბლაძე | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 7:00 | history | protected | Mołot | ||
| Apr 17, 2017 at 6:50 | answer | added | Raghu Venmarathoor | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 3:02 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 16, 2017 at 8:10 | answer | added | CoffeDeveloper | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 16, 2017 at 7:03 | answer | added | Classified Angel | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 16, 2017 at 5:29 | answer | added | HonoredMule | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 16, 2017 at 2:28 | answer | added | Pharap | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 16, 2017 at 2:13 | comment | added | Pharap | @jose_castro_arnaud The incentive is free slaves. | |
| Apr 15, 2017 at 18:44 | answer | added | Jason Morrow | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 15, 2017 at 1:39 | answer | added | Jim2B | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 15, 2017 at 1:23 | answer | added | matrix3003 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 15, 2017 at 1:06 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I have seen it claimed that human-to-human slavery is/was not really economically advantageous, at least not for long periods of time. Rather, some creatures appear to take pleasure in controlling other creatures, especially, it seems, if the controlled creatures are reasonably sentient and rational. | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 23:04 | answer | added | jbgramm | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 21:57 | answer | added | fectin | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 19:51 | answer | added | John | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 19:50 | comment | added | ChuckCottrill | What makes you think that the aliens haven't already enslaved humanity? | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 17:54 | comment | added | vsz | @OhBeWise : the energies required for interstellar travel are so mind-boggingly large, that just slowing down to conquer a planet and speeding up again (with a ship large enough to conquer and administer the planet) will require more fuel then all the resources currently found on Earth. And if an alien civilization is capable of interstellar travel, anything we have in the means of fuel and supplies will be completely useless to them. | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 16:18 | answer | added | Donald Hobson | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 14:01 | answer | added | celtschk | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 13:22 | answer | added | Matt St | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 14, 2017 at 8:41 | answer | added | Michiel Uitdehaag | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 23:29 | comment | added | jpmc26 | Could not help but think of an old Twilight Zone episode. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 20:09 | answer | added | jrSpcaceCadet | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 19:03 | answer | added | Yakk | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 14:06 | vote | accept | C. S. Wright | ||
| Apr 13, 2017 at 14:06 | answer | added | Binary Worrier | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 2:32 | comment | added | OnoSendai | The obvious answer: Tax purposes. smbc-comics.com/comic/life-on-zorblax | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 1:26 | comment | added | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Obligatory: (NSFW) youtube.com/watch?v=H833o5lnB2E | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 21:12 | comment | added | C. S. Wright | @pluckedkiwi, to clarify: the aliens are taking humans back to their homeworld as slaves for the purpose of mining various natural resources that have sprung up over eons in what was previously (and is still sometimes) an otherwise exotic yet hostile volcanic part of said planet. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 20:58 | answer | added | Solanacea | timeline score: 13 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 20:25 | answer | added | Ebony Cavanagh | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 19:54 | comment | added | Justin Ohms | Maybe they found out that human tears are tasty. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 16:15 | answer | added | T.E.D. | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 16:11 | answer | added | Kevin Peter | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 15:43 | answer | added | user2259716 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 15:37 | answer | added | Sebastian Rosloniec | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 15:24 | comment | added | m4n0 | Act of giving back? :) | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 14:32 | answer | added | BradC | timeline score: 148 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 14:26 | comment | added | OhBeWise |
A1: "How are rations?" A2: "Low. Fuel too. We must restock, and soon." time passes A1: "This planet will do. Take what we need." A2: "This may take a while." A1: "Use the natives. Their numbers and knowledge of this world will expedite the process. Bring the strongest among them with the cargo - we will need them if we are to maintain it all properly. Now go. We cannot afford to further delay our mission." --Et. al. We are a means to an end.
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 14:21 | comment | added | lll | two words: meat. shields. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 13:34 | comment | added | Sulthan | Why would they take humans to other planets? It would be probably cheaper to let them produce goods on Earth, under alien regime. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 13:02 | comment | added | pluckedkiwi | We make great pets. Could you further clarify exactly what you mean by slavery, as the bounds of that strongly shape the rest of your question. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 11:10 | comment | added | Tomáš Kafka |
Note that this genre entered mainstream just as the western civilization was waging wars in 'less developed' countries and commiting atrocities there. Might it be that movies/books exagerrating fear of aliens (they would have enslaved us if we didn't strike first) were something regime wanted to happen?
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 10:39 | comment | added | Roger Lipscombe | Strictly slavery? Or is it just that humans are tasty? | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 10:24 | answer | added | andrew | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 9:47 | answer | added | Callum Bradbury | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 6:24 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 5:58 | answer | added | Kilisi | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 4:12 | comment | added | Friendlysociopath | Differences between the species would make it more likely rather than less or so I'd imagine. Judging by our own experiences- the more different something is- the less human you have to treat it. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 2:51 | comment | added | C. S. Wright | @jose_castro_arnaud, I'm open to suggestions, but I've been operating under the assumptions that the aliens, like us humans exploring the New World, are exploring for exploration's sake, and that they continue to do so when they find anything profitable or interesting. | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 23:48 | answer | added | Henry Taylor | timeline score: 153 | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 23:39 | answer | added | Erin Thursby | timeline score: 21 | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 23:37 | comment | added | jose_castro_arnaud | What is the incentive for the aliens to get to Earth, in the first place? | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 23:35 | answer | added | Alexander | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 23:06 | history | asked | C. S. Wright | CC BY-SA 3.0 |