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Re:$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from... by rectang on Thursday May 05, 2022 @10:22PM (#31280555)
> Is Italy, a country 200 years old, the heir of ancient Rome?

This is an interesting question. The answer is hard to pin down precisely, but sometimes when there is a change of governance the culture continues to exist. For instance, if something was produced in Japan before World War II, Japan remains the heir even though a new constitution is now in place. Similar with something produced in Moscow during the Soviet era: Russia is the heir. But something produced in Kyiv during the Soviet era, Ukraine is the heir.

> The easiest woke thing

Please don't derail discussion with inflammatory culture war, it's against the HN guidelines.

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Re:$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from... by aeroplanetext on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:14PM (#31280889)
I think it’s a reasonable criticism that often the immediately “right” thing is in fact fraught with unintended consequences, and when there’s intense societal or cultural pressure to do the immediately right thing without thinking of those consequences, you could end up in a worse position than you began.
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