Patrick Byrne

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

So (these quibbles aside), I generally concur with BLM re: 1619-1860: Yes slavery was 1 of our 2 greatest 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 so. — PolitiTweet.org

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Second, while slavery-cotton spurred development of transport & markets, it was not UNIQUE in that regard. For example, Irish & Chinese labor built the railroads. Do they get credit for everything that rolled on a track? No. Many things contributed to our development. — PolitiTweet.org

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Lincoln is criticized for not being as abolitionist as Douglass would have liked. He was a politician, he said one thing one place & other things other places. But on balance, we fought a Civil War over slavery (as @DrIbram acknowledges). Lincoln led that war. That counts. — PolitiTweet.org

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