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Cthulhu_
on May 6, 2022
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$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was loot...
You're assuming it was taken by force. What if... it was bought from an Italian goodwill in the 1800's?
TheCoelacanth
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The "King" in front of his name definitely proves that either it or the wealth that was used to acquire it was ill-gotten. All power and wealth of royalty was taken by force.
kbelder
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By force, true, but not necessarily illegally.
TheCoelacanth
on May 7, 2022
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Of course not. They used force to make unjust laws that allowed them to do it. The laws of royalty are fundamentally illegitimate.
samplatt
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Hell, maybe an Italian goodwill in the 400's.
pmontra
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Yep, maybe just commissioned by a citizen of the Roman Empire living in today's Germany back when Pompeius was a general still in the news.
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