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@Geri I so hope so Geri.... I so hope so.
And then we get... Wes? Oh shit...
@JimmyB well Wes is the sort of man who, when he walks into a room, lowers the average ethical standard, and if Starmer walked in after Wes, then the average ethical standard would be lowered further
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@JimmyB well Wes is the sort of man who, when he walks into a room, lowers the average ethical standard, and if Starmer walked in after Wes, then the average ethical standard would be lowered further
@Geri I'm laughing at my desk Geri!
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@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox it's tribal hierarchy and caste, rooted in anti-scientific bullshit. Like Hitler, almost all Westerners agree that certain inbred, light-skinned groups are genetically superior to darker people with more genetically diverse ancestry. In fact, inbreeding is known to promote genetic diseases.
@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy look at the Hapsburgs!
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@Geri I'm laughing at my desk Geri!
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@Geri I’m also procrastinating coz I’m supposed to be cleaning the house today…
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@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy look at the Hapsburgs!
@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox Queen Victoria's descendants across Europe are among the most inbred humans of all time. They're still widely revered and admired for this, even though they suffer from extremely high rates of hemophilia and a variety of other genetic diseases. Meanwhile there is enormous contempt, shared with Hitler, for the most genetically diverse humans, black Africans:
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@Geri I’m also procrastinating coz I’m supposed to be cleaning the house today…
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@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox Queen Victoria's descendants across Europe are among the most inbred humans of all time. They're still widely revered and admired for this, even though they suffer from extremely high rates of hemophilia and a variety of other genetic diseases. Meanwhile there is enormous contempt, shared with Hitler, for the most genetically diverse humans, black Africans:
@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy What would have happened if the Industrial Revolution had started in Ghana ....
Is it just by circumstance that fast flowing rivers are found near coal and iron ore deposits in one particular place in England
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@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy What would have happened if the Industrial Revolution had started in Ghana ....
Is it just by circumstance that fast flowing rivers are found near coal and iron ore deposits in one particular place in England
@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox Jared Diamond has a great book(and documentary film) on that question:
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies https://share.google/8KNsGdqW5QkmmU2VS
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@Geri I mean…. Ill pay the airfare?
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@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy I am not denying genocide. I am saying that in modern times, the UK is not led by racist leaders.
What evidence have you got that says I am wrong here
Please don't use personal remarks, thanksShould you care to even casually glance at my TL you will discover I am very outspoken about the righteous cause of the Palestinian people and other marginalised people elsewhere, including ICE matters in your country
Hi @Geri, could I drop a recommendation for the book I'm currently reading?
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_I%27m_No_Longer_Talking_to_White_People_About_RaceI admit I was put off at first by the slightly combative sounding title, but I've found it to give a great description of the structural racism which permeates this country, the racial narratives and fears that circulate in our media and conversations— it shows how open racism as just the tip of a much larger iceberg of racist thought and attitudes. And it shows why even the politicians who don't openly espouse racist beliefs enact racist policies.
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@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox Jared Diamond has a great book(and documentary film) on that question:
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies https://share.google/8KNsGdqW5QkmmU2VS
@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy what was its conclusion?
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@Geri I mean…. Ill pay the airfare?
@JimmyB deal xx
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@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy what was its conclusion?
@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox several, really fascinating. For example, Eurasia has the vast majority of the world’s domesticable species, but Africa has very few. Eurasia is East-West, and the same crops grow at the same latitudes from Atlantic to Pacific. Africa is North-South and has far more climate zones including the enormous Sahara. Really interesting research.
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@HarriettMB @Geri@mastodon.online
@Geri @Kerplunk Blair, Mandelson and McSweeney are a trio, and their links with various companies are dangerous. All need to go along with Starmer and Streeting.
Absolutely agree.
Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while still prime minister,
Epstein boasted of his close relationship with Tony Blair at least eight years after Blair claimed to have broken off all contact with him.
Blair visited Epstein in New York numerous times Branson was also mentioned
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@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox several, really fascinating. For example, Eurasia has the vast majority of the world’s domesticable species, but Africa has very few. Eurasia is East-West, and the same crops grow at the same latitudes from Atlantic to Pacific. Africa is North-South and has far more climate zones including the enormous Sahara. Really interesting research.
@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy yes, but, if you pardon the pun, industry was forged on steel
The Bessemer means of making steel gave the UK economic hegemony in the 1850s and the 1860s
My contention was those circumstances were not replicated elsewhere?
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@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy yes, but, if you pardon the pun, industry was forged on steel
The Bessemer means of making steel gave the UK economic hegemony in the 1850s and the 1860s
My contention was those circumstances were not replicated elsewhere?
@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox by the 1850s, Britain had already stolen staggering wealth from Africa, the Americas, India and neighboring countries. That provided the leisure to innovate with steel while millions laboured around the world for Britain’s benefit.
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@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox by the 1850s, Britain had already stolen staggering wealth from Africa, the Americas, India and neighboring countries. That provided the leisure to innovate with steel while millions laboured around the world for Britain’s benefit.
@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy surely, if other parts of the world had been conquered then the industrial revolution would have started in other parts of the world
I don't buy into the "had leisure time to tinker around" idea
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@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy surely, if other parts of the world had been conquered then the industrial revolution would have started in other parts of the world
I don't buy into the "had leisure time to tinker around" idea
@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox I don't follow your logic, and I literally do logic for a living. You're telling me that you don't believe that the profits from genocidally robbing the biggest Empire ever provided unprecedented, widespread leisure to Britons?
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@Geri @Remittancegirl @GeofCox I don't follow your logic, and I literally do logic for a living. You're telling me that you don't believe that the profits from genocidally robbing the biggest Empire ever provided unprecedented, widespread leisure to Britons?
@Remittancegirl @GeofCox @jonesmurphy yes, they provided leisure time but .....
But you can have all the time in the world but it means little if you are not near good quality coking coal, iron ore and water
Australia has this
China too
Moreover, with the advent of the industrial revolution slavery became unimportant and Britian was the first to abolish it
I do not need to geriplain this to you xx
