PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoUnderstandable, we should pay uplemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down115
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minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·2 days agoSorry, that deal was made with the French royal family, not the republic. It’s null and void.
minus-squaresmac@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoIt doesn’t matter. The debt was repaid in 1795 by James Swan, a banker who assumed the debt from the U.S.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoIf you transfer debts and loans they’re still valid, it’s what the ussr Russia exchange did.
minus-squaremelpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoas if these assholes have ever read a history book. they don’t fucking know that.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoYou do realize that I was using the argument that the US gov’t used before Swan paid it off privately, right? It may be a joke, but I do know that much of early American history.
minus-squaremelpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI do not; I try to skip over the america bits in history stuff whenever I can.
Sorry, that deal was made with the French royal family, not the republic. It’s null and void.
It doesn’t matter. The debt was repaid in 1795 by James Swan, a banker who assumed the debt from the U.S.
If you transfer debts and loans they’re still valid, it’s what the ussr Russia exchange did.
The debt was already paid anyways
as if these assholes have ever read a history book. they don’t fucking know that.
You do realize that I was using the argument that the US gov’t used before Swan paid it off privately, right? It may be a joke, but I do know that much of early American history.
I do not; I try to skip over the america bits in history stuff whenever I can.