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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by apexalpha on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:14AM (#27514913)
Countries like Netherlands, France, England definitely profited form the slave trade. But there are many European nations, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, that didn't.
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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by Daishiman on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:25AM (#27515094)
So you think that the abundant, cheap, raw material that made it into European factories that spurred the Industrial age materialized out of nowhere?
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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by gorbachev on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:20AM (#27515003)
Scandinavian countries, however, had an underclass, who worked in near-slave-like environments for the benefit of land owners.
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Re:Survey shows people no longer believe working hard will l... by apexalpha on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:30AM (#27515185)
Yes, as did every other (European) nation at the time. The benefits of the slave trade in the Netherlands did not go to the bottom part of society...
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