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I'm inclined to agree with you, however you also have to consider all the history destroyed civil strife: ISIS destroying ancient statues in Iraq, rebels in Timbuktu, the Chinese government destroying Lhasa, etc. There's an argument that we need to geographically distribute history to ensure its survival.

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I think most people would agree with your reasoning here, but there is a difference between a country voluntarily gifting their artifacts / artwork to other countries as opposed to other countries obtaining them through morally questionable means and then claiming it's better to keep things that way.

Who did induce the Syria Civil war?

Even more reason for them to safekeep foreign history, since they won't incite conflict in their own country.

Actually, this is a good point!

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