"The Most Profound Revolution In The History of Human Beings."The only revolution in which the Plantation was actually overthrown instead of simply exchanging one master for another. (The Hegelian Head Fake)
DMG said...
"The only revolution in which the Plantation was actually overthrown instead of simply exchanging one master for another."That's EXACTLY what happened. The master when from being all white to being mostly white. And the U.S. was complicit in the exchange. In exchange for power the light skinned elites (please somebody...debate me on this one), allowed the rape of the island and the people. Slavery--ACTUAL slavery, not just the mental kind--continued to exist up until this very day on that island. If you've been there recently, you'd know that.
Don't just point the finger at the United States. There are people on that island who consider some of their countrymen as subhuman, and it shows in the way their lower classes are treated.
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And America should thank Haiti for whoopin' Napoleon so badly that he wanted nothing more to do with the continent.
In fact - he let much of middle America (not just the port of New Orleans) go for a discounted price.
"The only revolution in which the Plantation was actually overthrown instead of simply exchanging one master for another."
That's EXACTLY what happened. The master when from being all white to being mostly white. And the U.S. was complicit in the exchange. In exchange for power the light skinned elites (please somebody...debate me on this one), allowed the rape of the island and the people. Slavery--ACTUAL slavery, not just the mental kind--continued to exist up until this very day on that island. If you've been there recently, you'd know that.
Don't just point the finger at the United States. There are people on that island who consider some of their countrymen as subhuman, and it shows in the way their lower classes are treated.
The Jewish Community of Haiti
Luis de Torres, Columbus' Converso interpreter, was the first Jew to step foot in Haiti. The first Jewish immigrants came from Brazil in the 17th century, after Haiti was conquered by the French. These Conversos were all murdered or expelled, along with the rest of the white population, during the revolt of Toussaint L'Ouverture in 1804. In the beginning of the 20th century Jews from Lebanon, Syria and Egypt settled in Haiti, followed by Jews from Eastern Europe in the 1930's. There has been steady emigration during the second half of the century. Most of the remaining Jews live in Port-au-Prince. The Jews have never been able to establish a communal organization. Religious services are organized in a private home.
Israel and Haiti enjoy full diplomatic relations. Israel maintains an honorary consulate in Port-au-Prince and is represented by its ambassador in Panama.
but Doc, hasn't the empire always operated via garrisons and satraps where ever these were available?
as a practical and historical matter, why would the Duvaliers and the creole elites in Haiti be any different than Reza Pahlavi and his cronies in Iran?
I don't think they are any different. Maybe just more explicit in their greed.
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