Posted by one of my acquaintances that claims to be an ANCAP but also thinks Fucker Carlson has good ideas, and that trans people and poor people are ruining America. Also worships Elon. I hate these people.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Also, chattel slavery was outlawed less than 200 years ago.

    Well…

    First off you’re acting like America is the only country in the world.

    Second, by this logic chattel slavery is a very recent abnormality in human history.

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      3 days ago

      by this logic chattel slavery is a very recent abnormality in human history.

      So is the English language.

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        3 days ago

        Eh, depends on definition of history

        English was about 500 AD, which is most of recorded history, but on human existence.

        But it evolved from proto Germanic like most North Western European languages, so it’s hard to draw clear line when it became English

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            3 days ago

            I mean, I explicitly used “history” instead of “existence” for that precise reason…

            I’m sorry that still wasn’t clear enough for you from the initial comment. But at least we finally got there.

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              3 days ago

              Well, I’m sorry my scope for history included greater or less years than your preferred scope, I hope this doesn’t make you think fewer of my point.