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Oh please. This is beyond naive. There are ~10x more slaves in the world today (30,000,000 [2]) than there were at the height of the Confederacy (3,500,000 [1])
by wmeredith 7y ago
Oh please. This is beyond naive. There are ~10x more slaves in the world today (30,000,000 [2]) than there were at the height of the Confederacy (3,500,000 [1]).
If this is truly your answer to “Where was God?” I ask you, “Where is God?”
Sources:
[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_Americ...
[2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17/this-map-shows-where-the-worlds-30-million-slaves-live-there-are-60000-in-the-u-s/?utm_term=.036ce1367dc5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17...
- dang 7y ago> Oh please. This is beyond naive Would you please edit snarky bits and name calling out of your comments here? They degrade discussion and invite worse. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.