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When two forms of grotesque revisionism collide (media.kbin.social)

submitted 10 months ago by PugJesus to c/politicalmemes

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Funny how they conflate actual slavery with 'wage slaves' which is something totally different and also wasn't different in the south at the time anyway.

Slaves were also not guaranteed food, housing nor even life. Conforming slaves got the minimum of those things so that they could continue being slaves.

Unfortunately, when I was growing up in the south, this sort of bullshit was actually being taught in schools.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Worse than that, conforming slaves got the housing they made, the food they grew