"There's not much question that the wealth of this country, the power of this country was built in significant part — not exclusively, maybe not even the majority of it — but a large portion of it was built on the backs of slaves."

yeah,no. i don't like that hedge AT ALL

its exclusively.

no, Barry. fuck outta here w/that

hundreds of years free labor made this country rich and powerful. they they doubled down on mass incarceration, i.e. the current form of slavery. PERIOD

i really need him radicalized, stat. this is embarrassing LOL

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"But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly