Timeline for Why Would Aliens Enslave Humans?
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 16:36 | comment | added | Mad Physicist | Even economic benefit can be indirect. Think lab rats. They do no useful labor, but by breeding fast relative to humans, they can allow us to do research that may or may not have economic benefit in the future. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 16:35 | comment | added | Mad Physicist | It doesn't have to be ethically acceptable throughout their society. In fact the enslavement may be done by an outlying faction or just specific "immoral" individuals if your story lacks tension from other sources. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 2:57 | comment | added | C. S. Wright | good points. The aliens in question are humanoid, so now I just need to pin down whether or not it's economic and "ethically acceptable" (for them) to pull this whole thing off. | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 23:35 | history | answered | Alexander | CC BY-SA 3.0 |