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- scarabin6
- Did you know the Portuguese had X2 the amount of slaves as the British.shapesalad
- did they protest peacefully?pango
- Ya, this is the exact same situationGnash
- e'cht, not accurate - but funny.Nairn
- @shape Yeah, Portugal was a linchpin in the Atlantic Slave trade. What's your point?garbage
- Wasn't a point, it was a 'did you know?' because until recently I wasn't aware of it. There's no museum in Lisbon etc. Unlike UK with William Wilberforce house.shapesalad
- possibly because they had multiple revolutions, dissolved all colonial control and legalised drugs. where we're ruled by the slave owners' direct descendantskingsteven
- legalized drugs, I wish! de-criminalization ≠ legalization..ESKEMA
- haha, well you guys still ahead of the rest of the world on that.kingsteven
- Ah, I see. I thought it was some justification for American slavery, in a "um they had them too". I've seen people legitimately try to make that argument.garbage
- Hey everyone it's okay to be violent because the south went to War to keep slaves.cannonball1978
- Hey everyone. When someone wants to keep slaves, make sure to protest peacefully.pango
- Hey everyone, if you want to protest slavery, go to country that still actually practices it!Gnash
- Isn't the American Prison System basically a form of corporate slavery?Nairn
- Big money to be made with prison. And since the US Justice system encourages people to pleas guilty, there's no short supply of labourpango
- @nairn Yes, and for profit has massive lobbying power. If you want to be sick, read up on CoreCivic. Their logo is literally the flag as a cell.garbage
- https://www.corecivi…garbage
- And that's the rebrand. We're totally not dystopian, come to America. Come for the burgers, stay because the rest of the world won't let you come back.garbage