#Slavery

It's true that a sufficiently high UBI could serve as an alternative to a $15 minimum wage, but I personally would prefer a combo of both plus a 4-day 32-hour
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Juneteenth celebrations are underway on Charleston’s West Side.The 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864. On June 19th, 1865, the union
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Ok a few notes about the use of the N word in Aotearoa that are missed by Lachlan Patterson in this story, and one point that is plain wrong.That word
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Now is a great time to support the UK museums you love with donations, pre-booked tickets (if available) or buying from their online shops. Can we start a thread below
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A problem we--and by we I mean white people who consider ourselves well-meaning--have is that we believe other white people are racist/antisemitic/hateful because they're ignorant. Because they just *don't know
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THREAD: The Chihuahua & the Wolf1/Where are we headed in the US: Communism? Fascism? Civil war? Main threat from Left or Right?Looked for historical parallels. Knew a lot re French,
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Thread on Nixivm because it is still happening and it ties into all aspects of current corruption https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Raniere https://nypost.com/2019/03/13/nxivm-co-founder-nancy-salzman-pleads-guilty-in-sex-cult-case/ htt
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Mungkin ide2 ini terlalu simplistik, ngawur, lebay, atau too ideal to be true. But let me try sending this to kerasnya dunia twitter. Carrot. 0. Thanks semua yang urun
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No one trusts your data analysis, Popper. Most of the executives at Coinbase are women and people of color! https://www.coinbase.com/about  https://twitter.com/nathanielpopper/status/1344044909200695298 But hey: why not paste the New Y
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I’m pro-life. I believe there are two genders. I believe marriage is between man & woman. I believe in gender roles. I support freedom to not vax. I support school
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Nancy Green was the first face of the pancake mix. She was born under slavery in the 1830s, worked as a nanny and cook and was hired to sing and
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Welp, it's Valentine's DayGuess it's time to watch Gettysburg againI don't make the rules Randy Edelman's score for this film SLAPSand I will not brook dissent on this The opening
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The US is actually fairly unique in the Americas in that the federal government did NOT compensate masters for emancipation, with the exception of DC Emancipation which covered about 3k
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Resentful people vs responsible people (@ConceptualJames says this formula is from a to-be-revealed source)Eventually, our civilization will collapse and reset the incentives, forcing resentful people to stop being little bitches.JBP
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You probably felt something was wrong your entire life but didn't know why.You are a battery. The architect designed it this way to harness your energy and keep you in
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THREAD: 1) In a previous thread, I mentioned that, in my career, I had worked on 2 modern-day slavery cases, 1 of which was a class action. That case was
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