And Czarism and the pogroms were good for the Jews, because otherwise we'd be in Russia suffering under the aftermath of the aftermath of the revolution against Czarism and the pogroms. For that matter, Hitler was good for the Jews, because otherwise we would be suffering under staggering tax burden in socialist welfare states. Course, this only applies to the ones that got out . . . .
--jks
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>BTW, the latest right-wing line against reparations: No reparations are
>owed because slavery was good for Blacks. The following was written by
>reactionary columnist Jeff Jacoby in the February 5 Boston Globe. He quotes
>an economist, so it must be true:
>‘Blacks have benefited from slavery, because we have far greater freedom
>and far higher incomes than we could ever find in Africa.’...
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