Should Slavery allow using population for production?

[Head Serf]

Currently the civic Slavery is the top choice in the second category. Only one civic allows using population for production; Despotic Rule, which is not researched until roughly the third quarter of the game. I personally think that adding this ability to Slavery would make for a more interesting early game. The only issues are that this would give an ability to a starting civic (something not in the normal game) and that it would give two civics the same ability (which I don't think is a big deal).

So, here are the questions:

1. Should Slavery enable using population for production?

2. Should Despotic Rule retain the ability or lose it?

 

[Broken Hawk]

I don't see a problem with any of the starting civics having an ability. They do in the several other mods I've seen.

Despotic Rule should be changed to something else.

 

[Head Serf]

Here are my thoughts on Despotic Rule:

1. Retain the hurry ability
2. Move from Chivalry to Claims to Authority
3. Reduce the unhealthiness from -2 to -1

As it is now, I don't think it's a very effective civic, and think these changes should help that out.