• starchylemming@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    now would be a good time to ask for the money back ❤️ that generational wealth shoud be taxed the fuck and back

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      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.

      • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 hours ago

        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.