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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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          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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          Roughly:

          I am the king
          You are below
          I got money as water
          You are the water tap

          You got big worries
          I got another million
          I am gonna tell you
          How we are gonna do it together

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          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