The context: the UK ended slavery within the empire by taking out a huge loan to buy all the slaves in the empire, then freeing them. The loan wasn’t fully paid off until recently, so UK taxpayers were effectively paying for money that had been given to slave owners. However, it quickly and decisively put a stop to slavery in a lot of the world without much fuss or objection, when it otherwise could have triggered wars.
were gonna think the same thing in the future with things like gun buybacks and maybe the break up of monopolies and electric vehicle rebates. financial incentives can be an effective way to make ethical changes and it’s tough to give money to companies and people who are unethical but i guess it’s the only way to do it sometimes?
The context: the UK ended slavery within the empire by taking out a huge loan to buy all the slaves in the empire, then freeing them. The loan wasn’t fully paid off until recently, so UK taxpayers were effectively paying for money that had been given to slave owners. However, it quickly and decisively put a stop to slavery in a lot of the world without much fuss or objection, when it otherwise could have triggered wars.
now would be a good time to ask for the money back ❤️ that generational wealth shoud be taxed the fuck and back
A lot of it is going to be in places outside the rule of the modern UK since the British Empire never really did industrial slavery at home AFAIK.
yeah, but there were probably a lot of slave owners who lived in the UK and got a pay out, and passed it on to there descendants.
were gonna think the same thing in the future with things like gun buybacks and maybe the break up of monopolies and electric vehicle rebates. financial incentives can be an effective way to make ethical changes and it’s tough to give money to companies and people who are unethical but i guess it’s the only way to do it sometimes?