• callouscomic
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    7 days ago

    When has America ever been okay? It went from land of the free while enslaving people and restricting voting ability, to then freeing slaves but continuing to oppress entire groups to minimize their allowable impact on society, until they it became oppress people financially every way possible.

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      7 days ago

      You skipped the genocide.

      Also, slavery never ended in the US. It was only barred for people who haven’t been convicted of a crime

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        7 days ago

        Sure. Also forced sterilization. Using groups for experimentation without consent. Stealing land. Bombing entire islands so native people can no longer live there. On and on.

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        And share cropping has been made systematic by depressing wages so far people can’t afford to move, change jobs, train, etc…