Patrick Byrne

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

The history of slavery was also reprehensible. 10.5 million Africans were enslaved in the ATLANTIC slave trade. 6 million were taken to Brazil. 320,000-340,000 came to the colonies that became the USA. cf. WEB Du Bois, later endorsed by Henry Louis Gates of Harvard. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 12, 2023

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

The genocide of Native Americans was reprehensible. One should note that the bulk of those killed died from contact with germs Europeans brought (being farmers). Just as Han Chinese did in Asia. Just as the Bantu did in Africa. (see "Guns, Germs, & Steel") — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 12, 2023

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At the time of the American Revolution, slavery represented about .5% of GDP. But with the "Cotton Engine" (1793?), slavery became much more profitable, and exploded. As I recall, it grew steadily through the next five decades so that it became about 5% of US GDP. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 12, 2023