• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Give it back to you? How about you pay repairations to Haiti or Algeria or any of your other former colonies before you act like you’re worthy of the Mother of Exiles?

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        7 months ago

        Did France not forever debilitate Haiti’s economy by enslaving it and then requiring Haiti to compensate France for the monetary loss of its liberation before being willing to recognize it as a legitimate country?

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          7 months ago

          I’d remiss to not note that a downvote is not a “No”.

          You may be more than giddy to forget but we’re, very much, deprived of that luxury…