"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.

If I'm not racist or hating Jews I'm a Marxist.

The government budget before the first world war was tiny @wacka

it inflated even more after ww2

Marxism has a very low barrier to entry nowadays.

I thought you had to actually believe in Marxism silly me.

right but they say.. its the equivalent today as 2.4bn

That makes Marxism sound better actually

Maybe I am a Marxist then Lizard?

if it was 40% of our budget these days it would be about half a trillion

not by monetary inflation did it get bigger

the actual spending

If Marxism is just not being racist or Anti-Semitic then a good potion of the world population are Marxists

was multiplied many times during and after the first world war

no I understand.. but if it was 40% of our budget... we'd be fckd

today I mean

or not fckd.. but I can see why it would take hundreds of years to pay off

It was needed though

They couldn't just ban it without providing compensation

welll... was it...

they could have compensated "less"

Well think about it, These people have invested money into slavery

Well idk Lizard. Most of the world is pretty fucking racist and anti-semetic. It's only really whites that aren't

They couldn't just essentially steal the money that they had invested

yeah.. they invested money into slavery... tell me why I should care about them 😛

Well OK I guess the Chinese probably don't give a shit about Jews but, they're definitely pretty racist

https://twitter.com/SarahChampionMP/status/1220052731878170624 Another thing Sarah is speaking truth about while no other MP has balls.

Because people shouldn't have things that they have fairly purchased stolen from them without compensation

@Leohte 15,000 Blacks in the UK in 1770s out of 6.4 million Brits. 1/5th of a percent of the population but still more than your arse number.

Same reason the Government shouldn't be able to steal property today

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