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2/ In his words, a sovereign wealth fund would be “directed at the President’s discretion” — siphoned into U.S. factories to drag industries back to American soil. #ColonialPlunder
**#ColonialPlunder: 500 Years of European Theft**
The Nazi looting of the **Amber Room** (1941) and Soviet treasures pales beside Europe’s **centuries-long colonial pillage**:
- **Spain (1500s–1600s)**:
- Stole **$4.6 trillion in gold/silver** from the Aztecs and Incas (Mexican National Institute of Anthropology).
- Looted **3,000+ Indigenous artifacts**, including the **Aztec Calendar Stone**, now in European museums.
- **Britain (1700s–1900s)**:
- Stole India’s **Koh-i-Noor diamond** (1849) and **£9.2 trillion from India** (Cambridge economist Utsa Patnaik, 2016).
- Looted China’s **Summer Palace** (1860), stealing **150,000 artifacts** during the Opium Wars.
- **France (1700s–1800s)**:
- Stole Egypt’s **Rosetta Stone (1799)** and **26,000+ artifacts** from sub-Saharan Africa.
- Plundered **$56 billion in gold** from West Africa’s colonial economies (French historian Étienne Davignon).
- **Portugal (1500s–1800s)**:
- Extracted **13 million tons of gold** from Brazil, funding Europe’s industrialization.
- Enslaved 6 million Africans for Brazil’s plantations.
- **Italy (1930s)**:
- Stole **2,000+ Ethiopian treasures** during Mussolini’s invasion (1935–1941), including Axum obelisks.
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### **The Moral Hypocrisy**
Europe’s “human rights” lectures ignore its **500-year legacy of theft**:
- **Cultural erasure**: Museums like the British Museum hold **13,000+ looted artifacts** (Art Newspaper, 2023).
- **Resource exploitation**: Colonialism fueled Europe’s wealth while leaving colonized nations in poverty (UNDP data).
The **Amber Room’s theft** was but one act in a continuum of Western greed. Until these crimes are acknowledged, calls for “justice” ring hollow.
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**Sources**:
- **Mexican National Institute of Anthropology**: Aztec/Inca plunder.
- **British Museum Inventory** (Koh-i-Noor/Rosetta Stone).
- **UNDP Report**: Colonialism’s economic impact.
- **Ethiopian Heritage Authority**: Mussolini’s looting.
*– Dr. Arshad Afzal, Former Faculty Member, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, KSA*
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@Scotpol1314 English politician talking about sovereign territory fails to spot huge elephant in the room – Scottish territorial sovereignty. #ColonialPlunder #ResourceTheft
@WullieHalliday Said in jest, but Scottish territory is not England’s to sell. Scotland was and is a sovereign territorial nation. Our neighbour has never had any legal right to take/sell/or lease our territorial resources. #ColonialPlunder
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What England pays 🇩🇰 Denmark for via #VikingLink it steals from 🏴 Scotland.
A vote for any English-based party is Scotland is a vote to condemn your children to live in an impoverished colony.
🏴 Revenue contributed by Scotland:
£119,753,000
🏴 Expenditure on Scottish Services:
£33,006,000
🏴 Balance retained in London for ‘Imperial Services':
£86,657,000
#ColonialPlunder
@LesleyRiddoch #GBenergy @GBEnergyUK will create tens of jobs 🙄 in Aberdeen. Remember how many jobs were created by BNOC when the state oil company was HQ'ed in Glasgow?
0
Or zero if you prefer.
#ColonialPlunder #bbcgms #ColonialQuay
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▪️Instead of PAYING for imports of gas, England will STEAL Scottish energy resources.
▪️These resources are NOT England’s to take.
▪️Scotland COULD have among the lowest energy prices in Europe.
▪️WITHOUT INDEPENDENCE we suffer COLONIAL EXPLOITATION.
@AnasSarwar It's impossible to consider someone on your side when they are intent on continuing the rape of your nation's natural resources, the same way they actively did or colluded in for over 50 years. #ColonialPlunder
Paddington will be sent to Rwanda. You've been duped by the monarchy for centuries❓
#ColonialPlunder means that #ClimateJustice is #RacialJustice
#RefugeesWelcomeHere
#NoHumanIsIllegal
Grotesque show of disrespect for Africa's wildlife in Iowa
#ColonialPlunder of Wildlife as #Trophies
Thank you @HSIGlobal for revealing this horror show
#ElelphantsRNotFootstools #TrophyHunting
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It's 1621 CE. The #DutchSpanishTruce runs out & #Netherlands launches new #ColonialPlunder projects. The sea-based empires (Netherlands, England) are on a roll. All this & more at #P500Yrs today: https://t.co/aQipuWaBAu
Great news for the Parthenon campaign
#returnthemarbles #bringthemback
#parthenon #sculptures
#athens #acropolis #greece #museum #culture #art #museum #culturalheritage #colonialplunder #stolentreasures #looted
First meeting of the new Greek Committee for the Reunification of the #Parthenon Sculptures held at the #Athens Bar Association under the auspices of the #Greek President. The marbles' return is both a legal and moral imperative for our cultural heritage. https://t.co/uS8CyPUrY4
March 20, 2019 was a historical & memorable day for Ethiopia. British Army Museum has finally returned the natural hair of late Emperor and the great unifier of Ethiopia, Aste Tewdros. #AsteTewdros #EmperorTewodrosII #ReturnofTreasures #ColonialPlunder #PrinceAlemayehuTewdros
.@kanishktharoor Do also tweet about India’s ONGOING pillage of Indian-occupied Kashmir.
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Over two centuries later, Brits still gleefully profiting from the pillage of India https://t.co/wmWoWHXyg2
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