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Re:An antiquated law rules mining in the West by zmgsabst on Saturday October 21, 2023 @11:19PM (#37972531)
Mining in the US West wasn’t done by slave labor.

And conquest coupled with slaving their rivals is what powered most indigenous tribes, too! In fact, essentially every human society of the time or before.

Weird that outrage is selectively applied.

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Re:An antiquated law rules mining in the West by blackoil on Sunday October 22, 2023 @12:27AM (#37972819)
I was replying to original comment claiming that people commenting out here are hypocritical because they all have benefitted from the mining. My comment implies that not all things that our ancestors do that have made our life what it is today are not ethical/legal today.
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