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> I love the pyramids, for example, but they’re also monuments to slavery.

Really? Of all the possible examples of brutality you pick the one that probably didn't happen?

Not that it negates your point, but still.

many such cases

You are right, the OP does something of a disservice to the facts. Slavery was prevalent elsewhere in ancient Egypt[0]. In a sense, however, the contributions of slavery to Egyptian society provided economic foundations for projects like the pyramids.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Egypt

The best evidence indicates that Egyptian pyramid workers were not slaves.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/builders.html

The pyramids, as suggested by evidence, was NOT built by slaves, but by craftsmen. Which makes sense. You don’t get someone who you captured at war or pillaging or what have you, to build an intricate construct that requires a lot of skill and knowledge.