I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
@skinnylatte The Louvre already did it. It's 50% more for tourists that came from outside the EU.
Which also means that immigrants must show their VISA (!!!) to visit it (at the normal rate). -
I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
@skinnylatte If they give away some artifacts to their place of origin they'll save a lot in restoration and maintenance costs
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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
@skinnylatte that's British plunder. For Brits.
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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
@skinnylatte it’s one proposal (there’s also mention of a hotel tax: a much better idea). There’s plenty of pushback from the British too https://mastodon.social/@adrianhon/116294730404430207
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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
@skinnylatte Typical Brit returning from vacation:

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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
... I sure wish the people so upset about the theft and misappropriation of Colonial Artifacts praised the British Museum's salvation of Asia's cultural artifacts from the utter destruction of the Red Guard's obliteration thereof.
How about a round of applause for Lord Elgin for saving the Parthenon sculptures from Athens' corrosive smog?
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@skinnylatte If they give away some artifacts to their place of origin they'll save a lot in restoration and maintenance costs
They are.
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... I sure wish the people so upset about the theft and misappropriation of Colonial Artifacts praised the British Museum's salvation of Asia's cultural artifacts from the utter destruction of the Red Guard's obliteration thereof.
How about a round of applause for Lord Elgin for saving the Parthenon sculptures from Athens' corrosive smog?
@tuban_muzuru i will never, ever be thankful to the colonial masters. please don't say these things again. i take this very seriously. no pro-colonialism or pro-european things in my feed please.
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@tuban_muzuru i will never, ever be thankful to the colonial masters. please don't say these things again. i take this very seriously. no pro-colonialism or pro-european things in my feed please.
I was involved in the return of brass scuptures from British Museum, the Ife Bronzes.
Frobenius had been working on the Ife Bronzes since 1938.
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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
@skinnylatte they've carried away many valuables from our country........
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I just read that some British museums want to charge tourists more.
You know, for the privilege of seeing the things that they stole from us
@skinnylatte
That's not fair. Some of those things, we stole from someone else. -
... I sure wish the people so upset about the theft and misappropriation of Colonial Artifacts praised the British Museum's salvation of Asia's cultural artifacts from the utter destruction of the Red Guard's obliteration thereof.
How about a round of applause for Lord Elgin for saving the Parthenon sculptures from Athens' corrosive smog?
@tuban_muzuru @skinnylatte which Lord Elgin are you referring to ??





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@tuban_muzuru @skinnylatte which Lord Elgin are you referring to ??





The Parthenon sculptures were not stolen. Any questions, please re-read
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@skinnylatte If they give away some artifacts to their place of origin they'll save a lot in restoration and maintenance costs
@judgyweevil they should start with the Kohinoor.........
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The Parthenon sculptures were not stolen. Any questions, please re-read
@tuban_muzuru @codewizard no pro british museum content on my feed!!! banned!!
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The Parthenon sculptures were not stolen. Any questions, please re-read
@tuban_muzuru @skinnylatte you're talking about the 7th earl ?? The 9th earl was his grandson ??


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@tuban_muzuru @codewizard no pro british museum content on my feed!!! banned!!
@skinnylatte @tuban_muzuru our country too had been subjected to the tyrannies of the British Empire.
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@skinnylatte @tuban_muzuru our country too had been subjected to the tyrannies of the British Empire.
Let's talk about the cultural obliteration visited on China. Any takers? Or is the West the only obliterator worth damning here?
Confiscated Objects of the Cultural Revolution: A Visual Interview with Puck Engman - Social Science Matrix
China’s Cultural Revolution aimed to reshape the social and political order of China by purging elements of feudalist and bourgeois society, including through confiscating property. In 1966, millions of objects were taken from homes by independently organized and unofficial groups associated with Red Guards, a student-led paramilitary movement that supported the revolution. But what happened to the objects after they were seized? Puck Engman, Assistant Professor in History at UC Berkeley and a historian of China in the postwar era, talked with Julia Sizek about the lives of these objects. More broadly, his research concerns the reorganization of state and society in the first 30 years of the People's Republic of China, and the transition from command economy to market economy at the end of the 20th century.
Social Science Matrix (matrix.berkeley.edu)
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@tuban_muzuru @codewizard no pro british museum content on my feed!!! banned!!
@skinnylatte @codewizard@hear-me.social
History goes on without our opinions - the fact remains, the Horrible Colonialists saved the Ife bronzes, an inconvenient chain of events for your side of the argument. Ban me if you like, repeat this old and obviously untrue shibboleth - Frobenius saved the bronzes.