• ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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    11 days ago

    Because giving a gift to the whole country, for its help in knowing CK NG the Nazis out of theirs, is exactly the same as giving a personal gift to one person, a Nazi, with strings attached.

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      11 days ago

      It was actually given as a tribute to America from France for ending slavery, the idea was conceived in France right after the civil war, as respect for passing the 13th amendment.

      We never should have ended reconstruction…