• orioler25@lemmy.ca
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    I think it is genuinely funny how many of you did not even consider that slavery outside the borders could happen. Almost like youre primed to think of it that way

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      You mean sweatshops in third world countries? So how’s that specifically a European thing?

      If you have an issue with those then your issue lies with modern day capitalism, not with Europe.

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          The United States, mostly. For the modern version.

          Middle East, especially Cairo, for the version that current day capitalism developed from.

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              History book. Look for Cairo in the middle ages. Or read about the journey of Mansa Musa. That might hopefully give you an idea that gaining capital isn’t a unique or European idea.

              Perhaps also read about the invention of paper money, and the trade of Chinese merchants.

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                which history book, specifically? Why are you so confident you know anything about what you’re talking about?