IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agoU.S. deploys B-2 stealth bombers near Yemen and Iran, bolsters Mideast posturewww.haaretz.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down13
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkU.S. deploys B-2 stealth bombers near Yemen and Iran, bolsters Mideast posturewww.haaretz.comIndustryStandard@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoIts not a matter of knowing the history or not (I do), its a matter of using extreme dumb hyperbole (‘slave market’) in trying to make a point. Its bad conversation. And it happen way too often here on Lemmy. This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoOh wait you think I am exaggerating. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42038451
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 days agoYou need to make the connection that this is U.S. Government-sanctioned slavery. Slavery existed in Africa for hundreds of years (unfortunately). This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoThis was not a practice under Gadaffi.
Its not a matter of knowing the history or not (I do), its a matter of using extreme dumb hyperbole (‘slave market’) in trying to make a point. Its bad conversation.
And it happen way too often here on Lemmy.
This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Oh wait you think I am exaggerating.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42038451
You need to make the connection that this is U.S. Government-sanctioned slavery.
Slavery existed in Africa for hundreds of years (unfortunately).
This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This was not a practice under Gadaffi.