Wilfred Reilly
@wil_da_beast630 · Sep 2, 2026
Cotton, counted honestly and once, was ~8% of US GDP at the time of the Civil War.
This is like saying America was "built on beaver."
Jemele Hill@jemelehill· Sep 2, 2026America was built on the institution of slavery. It is how America became a world economic power — the buying and selling of people being tied to the economy. That is effectively white supremacy, since it was a race-based system.
Fast forward to other economic policies that were
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
In a way, it was built on beaver 😂
05:58 PM · September 2, 2026 · 34.7K views
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