Personally, I don't have anything against my ancestors, but I'm not going to bullshit myself about their failings, their ignorances, and their many acts of barbarity, any more than I bullshit myself about any of my family members being perfect or, haha, "selfless". "Wow, Victorian England, you guys sluiced your sewage into your own drinking water creating a massive cholera outbreak, became drug dealers and tried to plunder the silver wealth of China by getting their whole population addicted to opium, and caused massive famines in India which could have been prevented if you had eased up on your draconian grain-export policies? Thats pretty fucked up! Rest in peace, you old bitches."
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