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-Land of the Free
The Anti-American Dream, per Pat Condell (video)
2019-01-03
[Ace of Spades] The Quotes of The Day

Quote I
"I hope that members of parliament, members of the government will see the fireworks tonight, will listen to the soundtrack and will reflect on what sort of country they want to live in post-March." London Mayor, Sadiq Khan

Quote II
"It’s a commission to study the issue of what was the economic impact of the work of slaves and how does it translate in the 21st Century. And what we want to do is to build a narrative, a story of the facts and out of that be able to access how we repair some of the damage," Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)

Quote III
"Israel will not be part of a body that continually rewrites history, including by erasing the Jewish connection to Jerusalem. UNESCO is manipulated by Israel’s enemies and continually singles out the Jewish state for condemnation." Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon

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The Anti-American Dream, per Pat Condell.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Reg #2:. There was also the issue of destroyed railroads, bridges, factories and the like. It was historically an AG region, as evidenced by the need for....'cheap labor.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-01-03 11:57  

#2  kept the south from industrializing as the North did
After the Civil War ended, some well meaning capitalists from the north did go south, bought up some property & tried to start businesses. This was very poorly received by sore southern losers. The would-be businessmen often came to very bad ends, along with their employees, some of whom were black. The South continued to dig its own grave even when they could have done better.
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. -- John Milton
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2019-01-03 11:20  

#1  Per Quote II, Long term I would think the Chinese building the transnational railroads had a bigger long term economic impact on America than the actual slaves working in the fields ever did.

In fact it could be said that dependence upon slavery kept the south from industrializing as the North did and sealed their fate.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2019-01-03 10:18  

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