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The United States Has Its Fingerprints All Over the Chaos in Haiti (jacobin.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The U.S. has been punishing Haiti since their revolution. Could not allow a bunch of uppity slaves to provide an example of successful revolt to the U.S. slaves.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

100% and let's also not let France off the hook either, aren't they still collecting a debt from Haiti for kicking out the french slaveowners?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

This was “arranged” under napoleon I btw. Something we should give him shit about.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

No. They're collecting interest on debt levied for the loss of property, that property being the very people who liberated themselves.