• Marxism-Fennekinism
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    71 year ago

    Is it bad that I think it’s karmic retribution that the slaves were used to produce sugar for Europe and ended up slowly killing a ton of Europeans through its adverse health effects. Obviously nothing can make it up to the people who were enslaved, but it’s a little comforting.

    And don’t worry about the proletariat in Europe who were not involved in slavery, they couldn’t afford sugar or at least couldn’t afford it in amounts that would cause health complications. It killed almost exclusively the bourgeoisie who had banquets where literally half the table was various forms of nearly pure sugar. Poetic.

    Kinda wish more of the ultra rich would kill themselves with their luxuries in modern times. I think a few more private jet crashes or mansions burning down wouldn’t hurt.