I echo oramit's message above or below me, and will add Haiti as another datapoint to highlight the European and American difference. France agreed to sever ti

I echo oramit's message above or below me, and will add Haiti as another datapoint to highlight the European and American difference. France agreed to sever ties with its colonial possession but at an extraordinary cost to the Haitians who would remit payments for the next 125 years. This was only possible because Haiti was a country with its own resources. Contrast that with the American South; the slaves had nothing to offer to reimburse their owners. Sometimes I feel the removal of TR's statue was an overreaction, and then you recall this shit, and it gives pause.