"whatever butters your bread" meaning in English

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          "text": "“Indentured servants were a better class of people.” / “Well,” said Maurice Overstreet, “if it makes you feel better to think so, then. . . whatever butters your bread.” […] “But,” said Faye, not to be outdone, “technically Columbus didn’t get to the mainland. They ended up somewhere in the West Indies. Last I checked, that’s not really America.” / “Right,” Allen said, “and Babatunde was in Virginia.” / Maurice took a sip of wine. “As I said before – whatever butters your bread.”",
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