Message from @Leohte
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Ok the racial dimension is dumb but I don't think you're ever going to talk them out of it
It's not even an Africa/Empire thing, it's more like Rich and poor who happen to live in very weak states that don't protect them
They either get a semi-competant candidate who isn't going to win the average american or they get an incompetant candidate who is able to win the average american but is as we said incompetant.
there were plenty of irish slaves ... the only reason there werent any english slaves (at least in the empire) was because of a law passed in 1102 banning slavery of englishmen
Leohte coming in with the race dynamics.
The british empire is important because it extolls British martial power
obviously there were many english slaves over the years... in scandenavia and the ottoman empire
Not because it "ended slavery"
and Ireland :^]
Eh
The Empire ending slavery did more for the world than "extolling martial power"
Who said I give a shit about the world?
I know you don't.
My sweet edgy boi.
this was the article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51177299
The British Empire was good precisely because it helped most of the world through modernisation of the countries it colonised
I hate the way they seperate out black British people tbh.
British history is British.
End of.
They arrived post 48'
Yes they are
No
Blacks existed in the UK before 48'
If they were born here and raised here then they are British
In how few numbers?
Race has nothing to do with it
One of the guys who led the British charge to abolish slavery was Black.
Cope
"In 1833, the UK parliament passed a law to finally outlaw slavery in the British Empire. The catch? In order to persuade slave owners, the government had to pay £20m in compensation for the loss of their "property".
That bailout to slave owners amounted to 40% of the country's national budget at the time, or £2.4bn in today's money. The debt wasn't fully paid off until 2015."
Leohte we do cope with you but lord you make it hard.
@Kunarian Wow I love goat curry thanks to that little tidbit you provided
Yes, the population of blacks in Britain prior to 48' was no more numerous than 5000
Can we add Leohte to that strawpoll that was pinned?
But they are endemic to all of our history
I imagine that was pulled out of your arse.
Im pretty sure 40% of our budget is more than 2.4bn
You can imagine what you want, Marxist.
@wacka The big brains don't realise that sometimes talking softly works better than using the big stick.
Ah yes.