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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 months agoIf you’re going to apply modern standards, there are no good people in most of human history.
minus-squarepigup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoThat’s correct, were all trash 🤗 further, I’m pretty sure his slaves didn’t appreciate being slaves even at that time…
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThey did not. But did having them automatically make him an irredeemably bad person by the standards of the time? Life is more complex than that.
George Washington?
Slave owner
If you’re going to apply modern standards, there are no good people in most of human history.
That’s correct, were all trash 🤗 further, I’m pretty sure his slaves didn’t appreciate being slaves even at that time…
They did not. But did having them automatically make him an irredeemably bad person by the standards of the time? Life is more complex than that.
Roosevelt
The splendid little war.