re: Slavery reparations sought in first Black Lives Matter agenda

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Real answer: They developed superior weapons at the ideal time to conquer further than humans had ever been able to attempt before.

Had the Mongols begun their conquests from a more western start point, Europe (and likely most of NW/Central Africa) would have been decimated. Those fools didn't play.

All comes down to timing.

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That's only part of the answer. Does it not take an advanced civilization to develop those weapons in the first place? And it's not just weapons. There are far more things that go into developing and advancing a civilization.

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That's only part of the answer. Does it not take an advanced civilization to develop those weapons in the first place? And it's not just weapons. There are far more things that go into developing and advancing a civilization.

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Not saying there aren't, but the linchpin is being able/willing to spread one's influence/culture militarily. Different civilizations have had superior weaponry at different times. Other cultures had vast knowledge that never saw the light of day because they got wiped out. European culture as we traditionally think of it avoided the Russian roulette of cultures that rose/fell and were the first to effectively take advantage of a shrinking planet.

America should match dollar for dollar whatever reparations that Islam gives to Black Lives Matters.

Islam didn't think black lives mattered when Islam enslaved Africans and sold to slave ships 400 years ago.

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Not saying there aren't, but the linchpin is being able/willing to spread one's influence/culture militarily. Different civilizations have had superior weaponry at different times. Other cultures had vast knowledge that never saw the light of day because they got wiped out. European culture as we traditionally think of it avoided the Russian roulette of cultures that rose/fell and were the first to effectively take advantage of a shrinking planet.

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Very true. But my question regarding the disparity between European civilization and African civilization still stands.

If it's a matter of societal stability, then again Europe should be at a disadvantage considering the fact not only did African civilization get at least a two millennia head start, Western European civilization at the start of European & African interaction had just gone through centuries of being invaded by outside forces on top of having their entire civilization collapse in what history records as the Dark Ages. We forget that the very Western Civilization that began probing Africa in the 1300 & 1400's was only a few centuries past having their own civilization driven back into the stone age for all intents and purposes. During this time, Africa for the most part was allowed to develop on it's own without having to face such cultural disasters the likes Western European civilization had to endure. So what is it that lead Western European civilization to leap forward so much and so fast comparative to that of the civilizations of Africa?

Reality show idea:

Give 10 of these people one way tickets back to their ancestral home and see how long they can last over there.

Have a feeling they go 3 days without Internet, plumbing, and limited A/C they'll be begging to come back

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frick every single person that supports, even tolerates, this racist bullshite.

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x 1000

I notice even more black people are speaking against BLM. They see it as a group sending the wrong message to black youth "we are all victims". I saw some black dude tweet something yesterday about how he is tired of hearing BLM talk about the black people who are killed by cops, because the amount of blacks killed by cops makes up about 0.04% of blacks murdered.

Honestly, Democrats gains nothing by being outspoken on the whole BLM. Its safe to say anyone who supports BLM is voting democrat no matter what, but the blacks who don't, they are more undecided so why put so much into a voting base you already have?

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Is anything I said untrue? If so, please explain.

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No Sir, hence the comment that it is a good talking point.

"Investment in education & jobs." 1) subsidized housing? check. 2) subsidized food? check 3) subsidized child care? check 4) subsidized health care? check 5) income tax breaks? check.6) welfare? check Let's add up all the Federal ( ours ) moneys poured into all these subsidized programs going back decades & decades & decades and then let's see who owes who what.