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Those who live outside of the US, what's something Americans aren't ready to hear? (lemmy.world)

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[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 15 points 3 days ago

Yeah, in addition to having a super-endowment of natural resources, remember that we also stole the labor of about 20 generations of Africans to help turn that into wealth.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, and the right side of our government is now trying to cover up and bury that entire segment of our history. It's absolutely insane what they are doing.

[-] Azzu@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago

True, but that isn't really very unique to the US

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago

Of course! The part that Americans don't want to hear is that we are wealthy because of that theft of labor. It's not just an immoral peccadillo of our ancestors.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

We've been converting that over to latinos, still shit pay but less chaining people to things.

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