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Worrying about reparations is a luxury belief. It's the humble brag. I'm from such an old rich family I need to worry about my ancestors 400-200 years ago.
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Same, I'm descended from South America, from the same logic I should be requesting reparations from the Spanish because of what the conquistadors did to my country in the 15th century
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Still waiting on my reparations for what Ze Germans did to my family, that's in living memory too. Is that how this works? Where's my monies!
To whom, and for what?
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For example, to the ancestors of slaves, or the colonisation of India.
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You'll never make the grade as a third world leader with only the best intentions for your people with talk like that! Grab those heart stings. pluck `em until,they snap!
Meanwhile check out the latest Rolls Royce's and mid sized jets...
I think I've actually said this before...maybe not here
If paying a few 100 million to "the blacks" lol
Would shut them up and change the attitude of all future generations and then abolish nonsense like BLM and we could all just get along and people would take each other as individuals etc blah etc.
I'd pay 500Kr for that, just stop the generational whining and victim nonsense for once. I'm not even sure those people would be able to cope having to actually contribute to a modern society.
The whole thing is ridiculous really. Honestly though, if it would actually change peoples mentality to be pitiful morons, worth it
If paying a few 100 million to "the blacks" lol
Would shut them up and change the attitude of all future generations and then abolish nonsense like BLM and we could all just get along and people would take each other as individuals etc blah etc.
I'd pay 500Kr for that, just stop the generational whining and victim nonsense for once. I'm not even sure those people would be able to cope having to actually contribute to a modern society.
The whole thing is ridiculous really. Honestly though, if it would actually change peoples mentality to be pitiful morons, worth it
I'll speak to my wife and get you an IKEA voucher. That ok?
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No chance, the victim mentality is ingrained into their very fabric of society. A few quid won’t change that. They’ll just move on to something else that they can play the race card on.
You'd think that'd be the case, but they won't shut up, i guarantee it
Actually costs might be considerably higher. One figure I read (and this might only be USA) was upto $17.1 trillion - which would work out around $425k for each black American.
Thats fine we can just print more money and every black dude in the USA can buy a new Tesla
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As I said, with the ancestors of slaves, it is a complex and global issue. Potentially, the larger financial institutions and corporations who so heavily benefitted from the slave trade can individually look into their history for wrong-doings and compensate where/if required, however I don't know enough about that to go into any specifics.
With the exploitation of India, potential monetary reparations can actually be calculated to a degree, however exact remuneration is a ridiculous thing to ask for. I think acknowledgment and consideration of such during trade deals would be an acceptable location for compensation.
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But do you think it’s right that reparations should come from taxpayers money?
Will black people be paying white people reparations for the likes of the Barbary slave trade? What about by the Moors or the Ottomans?
Will black people have to pay themselves seeing as it tended to be other black people who sold them in to slavery in the first instance?
In India for example the British Empire was largely responsible for abolishing slavery, so does this mean the descendants of those who were enslaved by other Indians will have to pay us for freeing them?
If a bloke robbed my grand mother 50 years ago, are his descendants responsible for paying me compensation?
It all gets very preposterous very quickly, doesn't it?
Will black people have to pay themselves seeing as it tended to be other black people who sold them in to slavery in the first instance?
In India for example the British Empire was largely responsible for abolishing slavery, so does this mean the descendants of those who were enslaved by other Indians will have to pay us for freeing them?
If a bloke robbed my grand mother 50 years ago, are his descendants responsible for paying me compensation?
It all gets very preposterous very quickly, doesn't it?
That's a contentious topic, considering they replaced it with indentured labour...