• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    I think it’s a better name. My only issue is that it is an even better name for what happened in Haiti, where the enslaved rose up, defeated their masters, got revenge, and formed a nation.

    I wish the nation was more of a success today, but it should still be celebrated as a victory for humanity.

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      7 months ago

      I wish the nation was more of a success today

      Me too. You can mostly thank the US and especially France for that tbh. They both extorted Haiti for a debt of lost “property” owed to France. And by “property” I mean formerly enslaved human beings! That shit went on for 122 years and the first annual payment “owed” was of SIX TIMES the annual revenue of Haiti! 🤬

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