I disconnected racism and slavery in my last response because you did prior to that. We all know slavery existed in the ancient world but you claimed racism did not. I was simply pointing out there is evidence that racism did exist in ancient times and in fact it seems absurd to me to assume otherwise. Racism is unfortunately part of human nature. We are born to distrust and dislike those who look different, and it takes intellectual development to overcome that. There were not a lot of intellectuals in early human history. People are people and racism was always there, whether is was institutionalized or not.

I explained why definitions are important: So as not to diminish the true nature of atrocities. I don't like Hitler comparisons for the same reason. As bad as he is, calling Trump "Hitler" diminishes the monster that Hitler was.

Capitalism, it has many benefits, too, but it must be regulated and reformed and that requires criticism and debate and compromise. Its negative aspects can be softened and made more humane. The history of human civilization is primarily a record of our doing that successfully...