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    “The royal family did nothing to stop it”, he said.

    In June, a new study revealed that “Dutch rulers received the equivalent of €545m ($595m) in today’s money between 1675 and 1770 from colonies where slavery was enforced”.

    It is good that he made this apology. “After acknowledgment and apology, we can work together on healing, reconciliation and restoration,” the King added.

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      Heh, nice, subtle juxtaposition there.

      Reminds me of this little something I saw on a traffic light in Utrecht the other day:

      (In Dutch, sorry.)

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          72 years ago

          Google lens gives:

          hello i am the king and you are a subject and i have money like water and you are the tap and you have big worries and I have another million and I’m going to tell you that we do it together

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          52 years ago

          hello I am the king and you are a subject and I have money like water and you are the tap

          and you have big worries and I have another million and I’m going to tell you that we are in this together