• Nouvellalia@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    “I would be happy for you to pay me for my lost property. Two centuries too late is better than never.” - King Inbred Ghoul

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      8 days ago

      The abolition of slavery in the British Empire was accomplished by an act of Parliament that paid the slave holders compensation, so no dice there even as a joke.

      The abolition of slavery in America was brought about by fighting a war against people specifically fighting a war to keep it.

      The point is, this idea is legally questionable even beyond questions of collective punishment and sins of the father, and says nothing about the people actually doing the kidnapping and slave raiding, which are, drumroll, mostly Africans who then sold the captives to Portuguese traders.

      All this shit does is create another wedge in the culture war of white grievances. A serious person would be pushing for things that attack poverty and wage gaps for everyone.

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        8 days ago

        The fact that me calling a king an inbred ghoul, prompts you to associate yourself with him and try to pull some m’grievances bs, says it all.

        I appreciate you taking the time to remind me that reparations have only ever been paid to slaveholders and never slaves though. I guess it made you feel smart to explain my joke to me? The “Afrikaans aRE reSpAobSaibLe FoR sLaVErY!” was a nice icing to your implication that poc are responsible for the lack of movement against poverty and wage gaps, too.

        The only person associating white people with the aristocracy responsible for poverty, is you. Which means dRuMroLl plEaSe you are responsible too, by choice.