• Odin@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Seems like if the UK government doesn’t want them sold to a foreign party then the UK government should purchase them and keep them safe.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, that kind of seems like a dick move to whoever owns them. If something truly has that kind of value to a country, I really think that a country should be prepared to purchase it.

      Besides, unless it’s in some kind of museum or something – which the government buying it could ensure – then it’s not as if anyone’s deriving a whole lot of benefit from it. Is there truly any benefit to the country at large if Artifact X is in a private collection…just a British collection?