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Nomentatus on July 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Feudalism and the “Algorithmic Economy”

Since Hollywood exists where it is - in California - due to WASP discrimination in New York state (where the film industry started) it's not just OK, it's necessary, to understand past wrongs.

danmaz74 on July 12, 2017 [–]

I know that, but, if you take the approach that having a prevalence of one group in some positions is a wrong, then you have to ask: is a wrong from 130 years ago a valid justification for a wrong today?

That's why it's a slippery slope.

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