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Re:The normalization of corruption in organizations (2003) [... by b40d-48b2-979e on Friday February 27, 2026 @10:29AM (#47181659) 

    positions on [...] slavery were very mainstream
Thankfully we also had figures like John Brown to fight the good fight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)

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Re:The normalization of corruption in organizations (2003) [... by bell-cot on Friday February 27, 2026 @11:07AM (#47182159)
To clarify - John Brown was an American, with a Puritan/Calvinist background, born to fairly humble circumstances. Very unlike Acton.

And Britain's record on slavery is both far more complex, and far less bad, than many modern ideologues might have us believe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa_Squadron

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