It’s like reading hammurabi’s code where the punishment for stealing is getting your hand cut off. It’s completely barbaric by modern standards but it was an improvement at the time because it used to be if you fucked with a rich dude he could do whatever the fuck he damn well pleased. Only getting to cut your hand off was an improvement.
The 13th amendment was an improvement in the sense that slavery was no longer simply your birthright, they had to find some kind of crime to convict you of first and they threw a couple white guys in here and there with the blacks to make it slightly less horribly racist.
If anything it’s a testament to how horrifying slavery was that the “improvement” is still terrible.
Reminds of the “socialism” in China or the national pride the average Russian feels despite the checkered history.
It’s almost like we’re locked into tribes divided by manufactured boundaries or something, constantly inventing new reasons as to why “we” are better than “them”.
You should really read the 13th amendment in all its glory before you feign shock.
It’s like reading hammurabi’s code where the punishment for stealing is getting your hand cut off. It’s completely barbaric by modern standards but it was an improvement at the time because it used to be if you fucked with a rich dude he could do whatever the fuck he damn well pleased. Only getting to cut your hand off was an improvement.
The 13th amendment was an improvement in the sense that slavery was no longer simply your birthright, they had to find some kind of crime to convict you of first and they threw a couple white guys in here and there with the blacks to make it slightly less horribly racist.
If anything it’s a testament to how horrifying slavery was that the “improvement” is still terrible.
Yup. Imagine standing proudly and supporting a country with slavery. Pledging your allegiance to it. Paying your hard earned money into it.
Then calling it a free country, so proudly.
lmfao
Reminds of the “socialism” in China or the national pride the average Russian feels despite the checkered history.
It’s almost like we’re locked into tribes divided by manufactured boundaries or something, constantly inventing new reasons as to why “we” are better than “them”.
It’s tired and it’s tiring.