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[–] 17 points 1 year ago* (3 children)
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    I was going to argue that the Trail of Tears was probably worse, but then I had to pause because he was almost definitely inspired by it (or at least his handlers were). So you got me there

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    First thing that occurred to me:

    Deaths from trail of Tears: 6,000-8,000

    Deaths from first Covid-19 pandemic in the United States between March and June 2020: 125,000

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Numbers surely don't tell the whole story. What happened to the Cherokee was a dramatic loss for many reasons, and basically amounted to genocide or ethnic cleansing. That's very much where the USA is (or is headed) right now, too. Loss of life due to covid was a tragedy, but it has nothing on the evil that was the Trail of Tears.

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