One of the themes Krauthammer hit on tonight was that slavery and segregation was a uniquely American problem, a blemish on our society.
This is a rhetorical device to place white Americans on the defensive, to make them feel guilty and to disarm them in resisting globalism and supporting Trump’s agenda.
But this is false. Slavery was never a phenomenom unique to America. Indeed, only 5% of African slaves were delivered to the US mainland. There was more slavery in the Caribbean and South America. Indeed, slavery in the Muslim empire was probably the greatest in human history, the same Muslims Krauthammer gets so morally indignant over when Americans don’t want them to settle in our country.
“One of the themes Krauthammer hit on tonight was that slavery and segregation was a uniquely American problem”
I wish I had the context of that statement, otherwise, it is stupid. Slavery has existed from time immemorial. The British and the Americans were the ones who stamped it out. Slavery destroyed the job market for Roman citizens. With each military victory, the Romans brought back hordes of the vanquished as slaves. The result was that it eventually turned Rome into a dictatorship.
That’s rich. Slavery was uniquely American. Tell that to the ancient Jews in Egypt or the Ancient Romans. Slavery has been around as long as man has been around. It is evil, but it is nothing new.