America is genocidal, sure, but so is every single other society in the history of civilization. America is exceptional because of the technology and the art it contributed to genocide, which is the goal of every civiliztion, remember. Pointing out the difference in scale of US atrocities just prevents us working together for greater justice.
https://lemmy.ml/comment/6343679 https://hexbear.net/comment/4329347
The US generally does not make mistakes, but commit deliberate crimes.
What I’m saying is that their deliberate brutalities are mistakes.
Aside from that not being what a mistake is, others have noted that in fact most countries have shown no interest in doing what the US has done, as can be seen from many countries existing for hundreds of years without sanctioning chattel slavery.
Let’s get the facts straight:
https://www.statista.com/chart/22057/countries-most-active-trans-atlantic-slave-trade/
I don’t particularly remember making the claim that the US was unique in its use of chattel slavery, though your own source admits
And the numbers here are skewed by the US being counted separately from Britain while Portuguese colonies count for Portugal, to say nothing of the fact that most African diaspora slaves in the 13 colonies/US were born there, over 10 million, far more than what Portugal has in your chart.
You’re doing Holocaust-denial-level dogshit apologetics for your precious little white supremacy capital.
You are clearly not reading my comments. There’s no denial here.
Also: no antagonism coming from me.
Pure civility.
And hope for a better future.
Dude, your last comment was 5 words.
Lmao I don’t give a shit how polite you are while whitewashing America’s abuse of black people.
Sorry not white washing.
What I’m really trying to underscore is the destructive attachment to binary thinking and refusal of nuance.
Nuance is when you try to make it look like Portugal did more slavery than the US when it didn’t.