Argumentative Penguin
1 min readAug 14, 2023

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Whites did not invent democracy, law or liberty. The first was half created by the greeks, the second is universal - but I'd argue was codified into the most fair form by the British (though not then universally applied) and the third is a theoretical state.

Everyone's version of world is history is slavery, war and colonisation.... that's literally what everyone of every race was doing. There's an argument to be made that universal law + democracy allowed nation states the mechanisms by which slavery could be ended. Slavery and war are a bit more complicated because it has blended into an economic mess.

Indeed, a case could be and should be brought that descendents of enslaved people could be paid - the problem is that it would set a legal precedent which would rip apart the fabric of (mostly American) society. There's a balancing act to be done - and it's not being done particularly well in the US, it's being handled much better here in the UK, but then we've had slightly longer.

We can be honest about the flaws in both systems if you like - but the fact you're able to come online and say the UK/US is bullshit and call for LIBERATION suggests you're in one type of system and not the other. And yes... if you can get enough of the demos behind you, then you can have Liberation.... but from what, and what will you put in its place? Anarchy?

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Argumentative Penguin
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