The greatest societies, even or own if it can still be considered great, were not built on the lowest common denominator, they were built to push up, above and beyond, the best of the best.
you are badly over-generalizing; there was always strenuous conflict over slaves and slave labor. Specifically why it was "states" legally.
What is new to me is the extent to which indentured servitude was practiced in Central Asia; no doubt people brought their histories with them to the USA.
