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Originally Posted by whswhs
It's worth noting that under the Regency in France, John Law set up a colonization scheme that sent settlers to New Orleans. They were beggars, thieves, and prostitutes recruited from the Paris penal system.
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Oh definitely, I was just throwing Britain under the bus, but many European countries did it. Exportation of 'problematic' workforce was "easy for today's leaders, tomorrow's leader's problem" level solution.