• Valmond@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Fair enough, but it’s quite far away from enslaving and murdering.

    Edit: I see the difference between stealing versus raping, enslaving and murder. Not saying stealing is right, but there is more than a nuance to it lol.

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      30 days ago

      Countries built their generational wealth on the backs of slaves though. Look at how, for instance, Belgium enriched itself though the horrific abuses in the Congo. While it’s true that no one alive was directly responsible, they still benefit from it.

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      It’s the trophies from the enslavement and murder. They didn’t get to keep the people, but they did keep souvenirs.

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          At least serial killers acknowledge how they got those trophies instead of pretending they stole priceless cultural artifacts and vandalized them to match their own aesthetics to “preserve and protect them” because the original owners would have just “squandered” those artifacts. (Looking at you, British Museum and your theft and desecration of the Elgin marbles.)