• jmcs
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    1 year ago

    Germany is returning stolen artifacts, and even getting criticism for it when it backfires like it happened with the Benin Bronzes (which the Nigerian government gave to the former royal family and are not available to the general public in any country now).

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      1 year ago

      But the Benin Bronzes were stolen from the royal palace. They weren’t available for the general public before they were stolen. It’s up to the royal family if they should be put up for display since it is their property.

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        Royalty is an illegitimate concept. Any property they have is an act of theft as well.