Creating a fictional world

[Mad Lews]

"It is simply much cheaper in a modern society to use machines to do drudge work; people, even slaves are high maintenance."

Yes, thank you for clarifying. Which leaves the question, how do I justify having slaves in a high tech world? Well, I don't; in this new story I just accept it; like I said, I don't think it requires all that much suspension of disbelief.

I just disagree with the premise of Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek:" namely, that technology will make us better people by satisfying our wants and needs. I just don't think human nature works that way.

I suspect the slave would be a status symbol in such a world, an outward trapping to let people know you are a power that be. Not unlike the Mansion on the hill and the new Porsche and other bling for the masses to admire.

Which leads to some interesting 'Slave" personalities. Proud to be really expensive comes to mind.

Now obtaining slave stock in such a situation, could get interesting, some would be breed (Very expensive) they would be the passive proud and sensual variety.

Others might be hunted and captured from the uncivilized worlds. Another expensive option that would offer both adventure and a certain satisfaction for the tourist. Training might be offer in the safari vacation package. THis variety could end up with a mixture of personality quirks and would be a lot more challengingly to own.

What do you do with the untrainable ones???

Such a system of licensed and legal slavery would of course become a temptation to the more criminal element and it would probably include a small number of 'citizens' who had been kidnapped and enslaved under less than l legal methods.

You know the old undocumented slave problem we suffer under these days.

Mad Lews