America is genocidal, sure, but so is every single other society in the history of civilization. America is exceptional because of the technology and the art it contributed to genocide, which is the goal of every civiliztion, remember. Pointing out the difference in scale of US atrocities just prevents us working together for greater justice.

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  • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Nuance is when you try to make it look like Portugal did more slavery than the US when it didn't.

    • CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Even if we granted Portugal did more slavery, Portugal isn't the world hegemon doing more than any other nation to maintain imperialism for the past 80ish years.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        You are such a fucking idiot, that's not what the page says. The page documents how many slaves were trafficked in the transatlantic slave trade based on the flag of the ship carrying them (which incidentally means the 13 colonies are counted under Britain). The vast, vast majority of slaves in the US were not brought there from Africa but born on US soil, as I already said. You are demonstrating not just your idiocy but your sniveling insincerity when you say "I didn't say anything like that" despite simultaneously arguing for that point, even after I explained that it was false and your source has no bearing on that fact.

        Delete your account.

        • wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Sadly — my point was exactly that we were not exceptional. Not alone in this at all. Sorry you are intent of this game of getting the last word, but please keep trying?