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FUN FACT: Only 1% of the artifacts that the British museum holds are on display. This prevents the entire planet from engaging with world history. Do they have the right to deny us our planetary heritage?

There are a number of arguments AGAINST returning artifacts to their countries of origin, including:

Safety: The artifacts may not be safe in their new location.

Loss of artifacts: Museums would lose many of their artifacts, which could make them nearly empty.

Visitor numbers: Museums would lose their most prominent artifacts, which could hurt their ability to attract visitors.

Economic loss: Museums and private companies would lose financial opportunities.

Lack of facilities: The source country may not have the proper facilities or personnel to receive the artifacts.

Unclear destination: The ancient kingdoms from which the artifacts came may no longer exist, or they may be spread across multiple modern countries.

Colonialism: Returning artifacts obtained during colonialism does not make up for the destruction of colonialism.

Legal acquisition: Most objects in museums were legally obtained and have no reason to be repatriated.

There are a number of arguments FOR return to indigenous cultures:

Cultural objects, as part of cultural and political identity, belong with the civilizations that developed them.

Stolen or plundered property should be restored to its rightful owner because it is ethically correct.

The greatest way to appreciate and comprehend art is in its original context.

What do you think?

Is Puerto Rico a garbage dump? Lots of gangs and shootings! I hear there is a trash problem... is this US territory.

I've never been, have no interest in going...

This is what I like about MAGA... the willingness to speak the truth. Some places are garbage... by seeing clearly, we can make effort to clean them up. It doesn't mean the people are garbage.

I consider parts of NYC a "Sh1t hole"... there! But so is Puerto Rico... I suspect... so speak the truth... whatever that is... so improvement can be made.

If you've been to Taiwan or Japan, you know what I mean. NYC is filthy comparatively...

I'll say this though... they have very healthy rats!

Bezos is NOT a newspaper guy — he’s a businessman. To him, the Washington Post is just a line-item on a spreadsheet. More importantly, Bezos is also a government contractor. He’s the founder of Blue Origin, the aerospace company behind those dick-shaped rockets.

Now, Bozo's no dummy, he saw the Space Nazi skippin’ like a dipshit & giving hundreds of millions to Donny, & a dim light bulb went off over his head. "Oh shit, this is going to affect my bottom line". So he phones up the Washington Post & tells them that’s it, there will be no endorsement of Kamala Harris. Sure enough, 20 minutes after the announcement was made, this happened:

"Ex POTUS Trump met with leaders from the Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company Blue Origin following his speech in Austin, Texas.

The Republican had a short meeting with the aerospace company CEO David Limp & VP of government relations Megan Mitchell, according to The Associated Press."

Editor Robert Kagan, who quit his WaPo after the news broke that the WaPo wouldn’t be endorsing Kamala:

“Trump waited to make sure that Bezos did what he said he was going to do, & then met with the Blue Origin people, which tells us that there was an actual deal made, that Bezos communicated with Trump, & they set up this quid pro quo.”

Bezos’s non-endorsement of Kamala Harris is actually a ringing endorsement of fascism. Capitulating in advance to a bully because you’re afraid of something that might happen is literally how appeasement & fascism works. Bezos knows that Donny will blow a fucking gasket and seek retribution if the Post backs his opponent.

Sorry to be the one to tell you this Jeff, but no fucking way, bro. There is no placating someone who is a bottomless well of need & greed. Has giving your lunch money to the playground bully ever been the end of it? Of course not. You’ve proven yourself an easy mark, & he’s definitely coming back for more.

This was the WaPo in 2018: