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This is the same for a lot of supposed “theft” by museums. Lots of “priceless” objects now were at the time junk, so they were thrown away.
by throwawaysleep 2y ago
This is the same for a lot of supposed “theft” by museums. Lots of “priceless” objects now were at the time junk, so they were thrown away.
- TacticalCoder 2y ago[flagged]
- Loughla 2y agoAlternate theory, both are true. Western societies took advantage of multiple other societies to plunder their treasures. Those same societies didn't have the infrastructure and/or care to preserve these things themselves. Sometimes two things can be true.
- throwawaysleep 2y agoIf they do not care about them, they are not "treasures" by the standards of those cultures but rather "waste."
- HeWhoLurksLate 2y agoNot necessarily true- the majority of people don't know about 3-2-1 backup strategy and I've seen hundreds of "help! my { phone | SD card | computer } died and I lost all my family photos" posts