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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3800538" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>another perspective on the origins of american wealth:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton" target="_blank"> <strong>Ben Norton</strong>Verified account @<strong>BenjaminNorton</strong></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1056469825223049216" target="_blank">10h10 hours ago</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Ben Norton Retweeted AEI<br /> <br /> Actually that enormous wealth was amassed through hundreds of years of slavery, imperialism, ruthless exploitation of the poor and oppressed, endless wars, looting the Global South, destroying the environment, and pillaging the planet<br /> <br /> Ben Norton added,<br /> <br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/AEI/status/1056247917068075010" target="_blank"> </a><br /> <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqiL4e0WoAETGV3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br /> <strong>AEI</strong>Verified account @<strong>AEI</strong><br /> Free markets, free trade, and #<strong>capitalism</strong> propelled the US from a minor colony to a global economic superpower and the world’s largest economy, with dozens of metro areas that produce the equivalent to the GDP of some of the…<br /> 8 replies 107 retweets 178 likes<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton" target="_blank"> <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1048703090839310336/C4YpHdmM_bigger.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <strong>Ben Norton</strong>Verified account @<strong>BenjaminNorton</strong></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1056614231985086464" target="_blank">29m29 minutes ago</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The USA's stolen wealth was built on the enslavement of human beings:<strong> By 1840 just the cotton produced by slave labor was 59% of US exports</strong> The estimated market value of the enslaved population by 1860 reached 7 times the value of currency in circulation<br /> <br /> <br /> 2 replies 18 retweets 27 likes<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton" target="_blank"> <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1048703090839310336/C4YpHdmM_bigger.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <strong>Ben Norton</strong>Verified account @<strong>BenjaminNorton</strong></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1056615050658676736" target="_blank">25m25 minutes ago</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>By 1860 the 4 million slaves were worth $3.5 billion--the largest financial asset in the entire US economy</strong>, worth more than all manufacturing and railroads combined There were more slaveowner millionaires in the lower Mississippi Valley than anywhere else<br /> <br /> <br /> 2 replies 19 retweets 23 likes<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3800538, member: 56035"] another perspective on the origins of american wealth: [LIST=1] [*][URL='https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton'] [B]Ben Norton[/B]Verified account @[B]BenjaminNorton[/B][/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1056469825223049216']10h10 hours ago[/URL] Ben Norton Retweeted AEI Actually that enormous wealth was amassed through hundreds of years of slavery, imperialism, ruthless exploitation of the poor and oppressed, endless wars, looting the Global South, destroying the environment, and pillaging the planet Ben Norton added, [URL='https://twitter.com/AEI/status/1056247917068075010'] [/URL] [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqiL4e0WoAETGV3.jpg[/IMG] [B]AEI[/B]Verified account @[B]AEI[/B] Free markets, free trade, and #[B]capitalism[/B] propelled the US from a minor colony to a global economic superpower and the world’s largest economy, with dozens of metro areas that produce the equivalent to the GDP of some of the… 8 replies 107 retweets 178 likes [*] [*] [URL='https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton'] [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1048703090839310336/C4YpHdmM_bigger.jpg[/IMG] [B]Ben Norton[/B]Verified account @[B]BenjaminNorton[/B][/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1056614231985086464']29m29 minutes ago[/URL] The USA's stolen wealth was built on the enslavement of human beings:[B] By 1840 just the cotton produced by slave labor was 59% of US exports[/B] The estimated market value of the enslaved population by 1860 reached 7 times the value of currency in circulation 2 replies 18 retweets 27 likes [*] [*] [URL='https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton'] [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1048703090839310336/C4YpHdmM_bigger.jpg[/IMG] [B]Ben Norton[/B]Verified account @[B]BenjaminNorton[/B][/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1056615050658676736']25m25 minutes ago[/URL] [B]By 1860 the 4 million slaves were worth $3.5 billion--the largest financial asset in the entire US economy[/B], worth more than all manufacturing and railroads combined There were more slaveowner millionaires in the lower Mississippi Valley than anywhere else 2 replies 19 retweets 23 likes [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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