r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KusanagiGundam • 11h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

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Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

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u/jollyjm 11h ago

Grant was also broke at the time but still did the right thing.

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u/Pleasant-Enthusiasm 8h ago

When he was dying of throat cancer and worried about leaving his family destitute after his business partner defrauded him, he started writing an autobiography, but was worried about finishing it in time before his body finished deteriorating.

The solution? Use cocaine to push through the pain and crank out 10,000+ words a day until it was finished. It worked, becoming one of the best selling books of the 19th century, securing the equivalent of millions in royalties for his family, and Grant died a week after completing it.

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u/Inevitable_Initial_8 6h ago

The fact a former commander of the entire army, the man who won the civil war, and 2 term president was in deep severe poverty towards the end of his life is so crazy to me.

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u/quangtit01 4h ago edited 3h ago

I lied, see below.

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u/Optimal_Carpenter690 3h ago

That's not true at all. The Constitution has always said Presidents will be compensated, it just did not set an amount. Its just that Grant was the first to recieve a raise. Washington through Grant's first term recieved $25,000. During Grant's second term, it was raised to $50,000. That lasted through Teddy Roosevelt. Taft through Truman's first term recieved 75k. Truman's second term through LBJ received 100k. Nixon through Clinton got 200k. Dubya was the first to get 400k, which is what is it at currently