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[–] them@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another government related one. The UK government were until 2015 still paying compensation to families that made their wealth in the slave trade, for it's abolition. Another way to read this is that some wealthy families accepted tax payers money as compensation for their ancestors no longer being able to profit from the abuse of humans.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

And people foam at the mouth at the idea of reparations being paid out to descendants of slaves…