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It's a little odd for a nation that invented democracy and freedom to have human chattel slavery as a government policy in checks notes 1863. Freedom and democ
by vkou 3y ago
It's a little odd for a nation that invented democracy and freedom to have human chattel slavery as a government policy in checks notes 1863.
Freedom and democracy for some people at the expense of others wasn't exactly a novel invention, you could look back to other slave societies like ancient Athens for it.
- jmsdnns 3y agoBen Franklin invented the US, not freedom and democracy. The distinction is important.
- krapp 3y agoBen Franklin invented distinction, both with and without a difference.
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- aswanson 3y agoAmerica had to invent freedom and democracy because Europe had no idea of those concepts.
- BrotherBisquick 3y ago[flagged]