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Old 04-16-2024, 02:51 PM   #429 (permalink)
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Further to the point; if one's forebears declined the free boat ride to Liberia (you should see how that turned out*), the whole thing is a grift.

Self-selection cuts through a lot of complexity.

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Spoiler: the returnees colonized the indigenous people.
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