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Re:Warren Buffett's Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shar... by RodericDay on Saturday February 25, 2017 @12:19PM (#13732543)
It's incredible to me that so many Americans below have reconfigured their relationship to slavery with a narrative such that they have even more pride in their country since it succeeded in spite of slavery, not because of it.

It's incredible. As a foreigner, I feel like I'm witnessing the payoff some absolutely top-notch patriotic propaganda.

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Re:Warren Buffett's Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shar... by wtf_is_up on Saturday February 25, 2017 @12:55PM (#13732774)
I'm 7 or 8 generations removed from American slavery. I don't have a relationship to it.
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Re:Warren Buffett's Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shar... by hisham_hm on Saturday February 25, 2017 @05:55PM (#13734369)
Then you clearly don't look much at the world around you, or you would see the obvious link between this past from generations ago and the way current society is shaped. If this particular shape of society that resulted from the many years of slavery doesn't seem to affect you personally, then it means it affects you positively, because it certainly affects others negatively.
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