Capitalism was built on the blood and sweat of millions of enslaved Africans
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This argument is used in the debate Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration?.
This argument is a justification of Capitalism was built on slavery, child labor, theft and pillage.
This argument is used in the debate Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration?.This argument is a justification of Capitalism was built on slavery, child labor, theft and pillage.
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“I remember one of Nicolas Sarkozy's speeches in Dakar in 2007, when he shamelessly explained: "'Africa's tragedy is that the African man has not entered history enough'". Africa's tragedy is precisely that it has been at the heart of the history of capitalism. Between ten and fourteen million Africans were deported to the Americas between the 17th and 19th centuries, and enslaved on the plantations of the colonists and the new ruling classes of European origin. It was their sweat and blood that enabled a few bourgeois dynasties to build enormous fortunes in Europe or America, making possible the industrial revolution that followed.”
Nathalie Arthaud, Communist, revolutionary, internationalist!, The right characters, 2022.
