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"The obligatory China or Japan chapter. Is Japan unique in its uniqueness? Or is its obsession with Japeneseness unique? Lots of questions, limited answers in this chapter that blows a bit hot and cold. Also wished for a little less namedropping." Mar 09, 2026 08:38PM

 
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"Still fascinated." Mar 09, 2026 08:39PM

 
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Book cover for Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change
In short, not only was bondage a form of freedom and kindness while abolition was a form of violence, but the enslavement of Africans showed respect for the rights of Africans.
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While we sometimes may feel that society is regressing, there is significant long-term progress in society related to the type of argumentations that we find acceptable. Considering today's sensitivities, the communications surrounding slavery in the 18th and 19th century come over as incredible.
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“National hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.”
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“Legislators and revolutionaries who promise equality and liberty at the same time, are either psychopaths or mountebanks.”
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“Divide and rule, the politician cries;
Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.”
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“Formerly man had only a body and a soul. Now he needs a passport as well for without it he will not be treated like a human being.”
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