@Christmace's comment on 'TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire : todayilearned'

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!britbongs look at the utter ingratitude of these colonials

Paying slave-owners to give up their "property" is clearly worse than saying they get nothing and doing all the rest.

You are right they should have instead continued slavery for a further 60 years, allowed slaves to be continued to be exported from Africa then had a massive civil war over it getting about 700,000 people killed.

Well it would have been more dramatic that way, yes.

How about they try to end the Israel vs. Palestine conflict they caused.

Fun fact: Israel has no right to exist because it should still be the British Mandate of Palestine.

Crazy how many of the "oppressed" countries continue with slavery even without the option to sell to the Brits

You use oppressed in quotation marks and in the same sentence confirm slavery is ongoing in these countries. We still have to call people stupid here.

POC enslaving each other is wypipo's fault :dasrite:

not baller. imperialism is never baller no matter how you try to disguise its intentions. remember, the British always have some other kind of angle — empires never do anything out of kindness.

This is one of the few examples of an empire doing something out of pure altruism. Britain felt like it was their duty to abolish slavery even though that didn't benefit them and cost them and unimaginable some of money. This is a unicorn in terms of imperial actions, there was no gain and a lot of loss and they did it anyway.

:marseyangel:

Instead of buying their freedom you could've just...ya know...freed them.

Edit: You people down voting do realize that you're advocating for compensating slave owners with British tax dollars.

:brainletchest: British tax dollars

Angry Sexy Indian dudes

The British had slaves in Indian until the beginning of the 20th century though.

They like to use the words like "indentured servitude", but it's the same kind of shit

Its very much different. Indentured servant is voluntary. It is essentially a contract to work for a set amount of time (5 years) in exchange for something.

Yet kept indians enslaved until 1947

There is a reason ghandi always spoke highly of British rule in general, his problem was less with the rule and more with the fact indians were not the ones doing it, fair enough obviously, his objection was imperialism rather than the system.

You talk to people as if they must be unaware, i know you are referring to the fixed labour contracts unique to the indians, which is essentially akin to indentured servitude but pretending the numbers of people involved in that which is not really slavery (you can pretend this is universally agreed by historian's if you really want) is the same as it continuing slavery is disingenuous and also pretending this was remotely relevant in 1947 is also disingenuous.

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Christmace Dino/Dinos i fricking love Parasaurolophus so much :chudsaurolophuslove:

Christmace 4mo ago #6700259

Forgot to tag !macacos

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nuclearshill gau/cho Christmace 4mo ago #6700332 Edited 4mo ago

What side are we supposed to take? This is danish on burger/philipino violence

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BrasilIguana Bra/zil :marseylovebrasileiro:

DM betting ideas if you want :marseywerebackbrasileiro:

nuclearshill 4mo ago #6700671

:#marseynorm:

nuclearshill 4mo ago #6700350

Always side with the burger :marseyliberty: over a euro

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SleighOut ping/pong Ping "Gock or not" @WayOut for a forensic gock assessment. 100dc per analysis. nuclearshill 4mo ago #6700569

This is going to tear rdrama apart. I don't know how we're going to come back from this.

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Nightcrawler XMan/XMas Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent. Christmace 4mo ago #6700282

This neighbor @DeforesterCarpathian is :marseychonker2: AF :marseyxd: I'm not in the best groups to ping on this but actual :marseytrollolol:

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DestoryerCarbine sae/less Only real g*mer on this entire site Nightcrawler 4mo ago #6700289

!thin he is spreading disinformation :marseycheckem:

Also, this seems to be conformation that he is a skinny incel that could only get with an asian :marseythonk: Can i get a second opinion on this?

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Nightcrawler XMan/XMas Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent. DestoryerCarbine 4mo ago #6700327

>Only get with an Asian

Imagine marrying a white western chick :marseylaughpoundfist: :marseyhanger: :marseyradfem: !asians

DestoryerCarbine sae/less Only real g*mer on this entire site Nightcrawler 4mo ago #6700346

The only white men I ever see get with asians are super skinny strags or super fat strags :marseyxd: Undesirable men that can only get with the most desperate of women, you seem to be extremely defensive about marrying an asian, it's very funny :marseyemojirofl:

gmensing fed/feyd Culturally Enriched™ DestoryerCarbine 4mo ago #6700501

Probably because hes a loser.

Losers tend to sperg out like this when you hit on a topic like the fact they had to promise a VISA to a woman since they have no other redeeming qualities. :marseynooticeglow:

Nightcrawler XMan/XMas Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent. DestoryerCarbine 4mo ago #6700368

You've been harassing me with racist comments, as soon as I respond in earnest it turns out you're some fatfrick (predictable, given your addictions to vidya) and immediately accuse me of being "undesirable". I'm 6'5 and can provide receipts. You're a dumb racist bastard living in a frozen hellscape, incapable of logging off long enough to attract an actual woman.

DestoryerCarbine sae/less Only real g*mer on this entire site Nightcrawler 4mo ago #6700514

You literally start multi comment raging any time, me or someone else, says you have yellow fever.

reddit_lies Reddit/Lies yes it's really me Nightcrawler 4mo ago #6700386

She's not fat lol. Probably fitter than you desu

Nightcrawler XMan/XMas Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent. reddit_lies 4mo ago #6700388

>she

:marseyclueless:

reddit_lies Reddit/Lies yes it's really me Nightcrawler 4mo ago #6700392

Yea you need to catch :marseypokeball2: up on the lore

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