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Rex

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6. Many nations were built on the backs of slaves. I fear many more will be in the future.

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 01:34 AM

Jul 2015

The Chinese and Irish paid a huge toll in life building the great railways. We crushed the Native Americans Nations and restricted them to areas of land only to be taken away again. Inflicted them with bio-weapons and drugs.

We could go on and on about how bad humans are to each other. At some people most realize that a person either retains history, refuses to believe the parts they don't like or just rewrites it altogether.

So it stands to reason anyone with the thoughts of romanticizing the South or believing destroying a nation is an honorable thing to protect a 'heritage', would tend to forget all past facts about history or worse, not care the least bit and repeat the horrors that humans can inflict on each other.

We're very primitive still, our trinkets like to fool us into thinking evolved means the latest iPhone upgrade.

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The North was built on slavery. [View all] Go Vols Jul 2015 OP

So was California. Throd Jul 2015 #1

America was "built" on slavery n/t jaysunb Jul 2015 #2

+ a million, jaysunb Number23 Jul 2015 #9

Yes it was and many of the companies who profited from it still exist in one form or craigmatic Jul 2015 #14

The whole country was built on it, really. "All are punish'd," villager Jul 2015 #3

Yes, but even after those states abolished slavery BainsBane Jul 2015 #4

I seldom agree with you Go Vols Jul 2015 #5

Many DUers appear to blindly brer cat Jul 2015 #17

Many nations were built on the backs of slaves. I fear many more will be in the future. Rex Jul 2015 #6

I enjoy your posted statements Go Vols Jul 2015 #7

Thanks, I like your topic. Don't know about reason, just like history and biology. Rex Jul 2015 #8

Reason: Go Vols Jul 2015 #10

Can't be, it never is. Rex Jul 2015 #11

We have similar nuts here also, Go Vols Jul 2015 #12

Precisely malaise Jul 2015 #13

Makes me wonder how capitalism would have fared if there had not been slavery. nt raccoon Jul 2015 #15

Lots of things facilitated it. Igel Jul 2015 #16

True - nothing is black and white malaise Jul 2015 #19

In my mind madokie Jul 2015 #18

Slavery still exists today, and our MODERN economy runs on it. That's what makes "centrists" so Romulox Jul 2015 #20

Minimum wage workers are cheaper than owning slaves vinny9698 Jul 2015 #21

Then there is this... Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2015 #22