Do male chicken have souls? Because female chicken have the skill to lay eggs, and that's what makes the latter valuable and the former bonemeal upon birth.
What benefit is a human soul to a feudal lord?
What benefit is a human soul to a feudal lord?
Automation is... coming for those jobs a well, soon it'll be a niche for those nostalgic enough to desire a human... touch. Damn, these puns write themselves.
But on the topic at hand, demand is capped by the intentionally rare elite status, but then so is supply. Luckily (for some), we've had great success in selective breeding over our 10k year run on this planet between discovering agriculture and the great filter.