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6 Jul, 5 tweets, 1 min read
I've always been bewildered by these history account self-owns. “We suck so hard at fighting that a bunch of peasants from a far-off little island just walked in and stole our stuff and we still can't do anything about it. Boom!”
At least the Chinese have the cojones to steal their shit back. Now that's worth a boom. news.artnet.com/art-world/chin…
It'd be epic if a bunch of Greeks and Egyptians just charged in and raided the British Museum one day. What are they waiting for?
I'm not necessarily saying that we should replace fine art auctions with single combat, but I'm not saying we *shouldn't*.
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Ok, I'll have a go at this. First of all, how does W.K. Liao deal with it? Image
Well, there's no arguing with that.
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