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Fun fact: the dalai lama was once the world's largest slave owner in feudal tibet.
by floridaguy01 11y ago
Fun fact: the dalai lama was once the world's largest slave owner in feudal tibet.
- w1ntermute 11y agoFor those interested in a more balanced take on the matter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom_in_Tibet_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom_in_Tibet_controversy
- kleer001 11y agoThat sounds like a worthless political factiod rather than an actual objective fact about the world or its history. I can't think of any country in the world that has the moral high ground.
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- locopati 11y agoFun fact: you're muddling the position and the person in your comment
- joshdick 11y agoEven if that were true, doesn't it matter more what he's done in the 50 years since then?
- steve19 11y agoHe was 15 years old when he was given full power, and at this point China had already invaded. What he "inherited" with his position is irrelevant to him as a person. That said, feudal Tibet was not a great place to be a serf.