DagwoodIII

That’s why the slave traders wanted to enshrine their ideas.

They knew that there were Abolitionists at other universities; they wanted to make sure their reputations would remain unsullied.

Kind of like how oil companies today fund their own ‘climate research.’

Just remember that even fifty years ago the ‘scientific’ name for Down’s Syndrome was Mongoloid Idiot.

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New Yorker here. Yes, it’s possible for a working person to have a great apartment in Manhattan. Either they moved in early and have a rent subsidized/controlled place, or they won an apartment lottery in a new building.

The thing that’s most unrealistic is when you see empty parking spaces any where.

Tech bro Libertarians love the novel “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress” by Robert A. Heinlein.

One plot line in the book is that the main computer for the Lunar penal colonies achieves self awareness. A computer repair man discovers that the HOLMES computer is starting to tell itself jokes and gives it the name ‘Mycroft’ after Mycroft Holmes.

Later, Mycroft meets a woman and creates a female personality, Michelle.

It’s a pretty good book.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tech-billionaire-parents-limit/

Not even the first story to pop up in the search.