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Hannu Ikonen, MD | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f Christofero Columbo nodding in "these naked natives are Cannibals who sodomize, they are better off slaves", 1493-1499.
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jaf | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @46cd5609 @3967703f only the western 
liberal democracies abolished slavery as everyone else still does it, this holds back economic development in those countries which is why the usa doesn't care to abolish it world wide
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StillIRise1963 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @46cd5609 Yep. Then, Bartolomé de la Casas said, you know what, I think these indigenous people might have souls, so let's go to Africa and get some Black people because they don't.🙄 ☹️ 🤬