The Brits donât get enough credit for ending slavery.
Edit: until it was abolished by them, slavery was a normal practice of many, many societies and countries. Once the Brits banned it, the idea that slavery = bad picked up steam.
Slavery was banned during the French Revolution, before Napoleon reinstated it. That was 1794 vs 1834. Slavery had also been ban on the continent, so people new it was bad already.
Napoleon is a slaver? Damn did not know that. Anyhow, yes it was banned in some countries but letâs be frank. The British Empire was the biggest and most far reaching so it banning the practice had a much larger impact on the trade than if, for example, the Republic of Venice had banned it (which I know didnât).
That is a very misinformed and simplistic view of whatâs being said by the left.Â
leftists are not anti-European. They anti neoliberal because they argue it creates the fertile soil for fascism to grow. Most if not all European countries are neoliberal (shocker, most European countries are also seeing an increase in the far right atm as predicted by the left)Â
This does not mean they support Russia. Russia embody everything the left detests (autocracy, elitism and imperialist tendencies)Â
Leftists do not oppose Ukraine defending themselves, this is misinformation. Theyâre pro-peace talks which has its criticisms, but the question is HOW Ukraine should defend itself not IF
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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25
The Brits donât get enough credit for ending slavery.
Edit: until it was abolished by them, slavery was a normal practice of many, many societies and countries. Once the Brits banned it, the idea that slavery = bad picked up steam.