With the call for 'reparations' progressivism collapses into a cargo cult. - Where does wealth come from? - White man bring it on a plane.
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@a_girl_irl You clearly have no idea how economics works.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@a_girl_irl Somehow the impoverished Yankees were able to overthrow a slave-based techno-economic Confederate superpower ... right?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@a_girl_irl Slavery kept a plantation-owning elite in a state of dead-end feudal comfort -- as distinct from capital formation and growth.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@a_girl_irl Just look at the geography of historical slave ownership -- does it seem to map onto economic dynamism to you?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@a_girl_irl The idea that the American capital stock is founded on slave labor has absolutely no basis in fact -- it's Hollywood feels.
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