Patrick Byrne

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

- While it's fair to say that slavery-cotton spurred development of transport & capital markets, it was not UNIQUE in that regard. For example, Irish & Chinese labor built railroads. Do they get credit for everything that happened on railroads? No. Lots of factors contributed. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 12, 2023

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

So to this point, my view and BLM/1619 doctrine ROUGHLY line up. Exceptions: - I don't think the Revolution was fought in any meaningful way to preserve an institution that was .5% of GDP. While the 1619 Project originally claimed otherwise, but has retreated from that claim. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 12, 2023

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

So aside from minor-to-medium quibbles, I concur with BLM re: 1619-1860: Yes slavery was 1 of our 2 great crimes; yes it was hell on earth; no the Revolution was not fought over it; yes it became a significant (5%) part of GDP; yes it spurred our economy but not uniquely. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 12, 2023