Garibaldee@lemm.ee to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoMany wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slaverytheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down11
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkMany wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slaverytheconversation.comGaribaldee@lemm.ee to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarelemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoWe earned our money the old fashioned way: slavery and violence
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoPrimitive accumulation, you might say…
We earned our money the old fashioned way: slavery and violence
Primitive accumulation, you might say…