• Linktank@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    I think the time to get reparations is when the people who wronged you are still alive. Otherwise it’s called stealing or begging.

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      3 months ago

      Agreed, otherwise reparations are a multi-generational ponzi scheme.

      Also it seta precent for making such atrocities acceptable. If reparations are paid by a future generation, then an even further future generation now has the mathematical tool to define how expensive it would be to re-enable slavery temporarily in the future.