"Way down South in the Land of Cotton, old times there are not forgotten..." (View Post)

Even more so if they want to argue that the slaves should be grateful for all the kind benefits we gave them. I have seen such absurdity argued by Republicans in the USA, so not surprised to see the … (View Post)

The tariff would be paid by the importer, so distributed amongst the consumer population, but the richer states like California or New York would pay less income tax. There would be a net loss to poo… (View Post)

I think we are nearly at the point in this discussion where the slaves and independence fighters of Empire should doff their caps to us in gratitude to us for enslaving them and stealing their lands. (View Post)

Yes, the slave trade and the industrial capitalism of Great Britain shared the same origins for their wealth. This is the extraction and alienation of labour from the value that it produced, with the… (View Post)