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Re:$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from... by joshuaheard on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:02PM (#31280810)
The Louvre is basically all looted art from Napolean's wars.
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Re:$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from... by robonerd on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:23PM (#31280952)
The building itself has passed hands numerous times through questionable means. Should the Coup of 18 Brumaire count as Napoleon stealing the entire country, Louvre included? What of the subsequent Bourbon restoration; another crime or merely a rectification of the first? And what of the Charter of 1815? Or the second Bourbon Restoration?

Or is all of that legitimate because they all spoke French? (Remember, Napoleon was a Corsican!)

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