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Should people who never owned slaves pay reparations to people who never were slaves

tovarichpeter says

Should people who never owned slaves pay reparations to people who never were slaves

That's pretty much the summary.

I think it's just Democrats are panicking fucking hard, they lost the black vote, identity politics of "if you black vote D" didn't work out. So they are trying to throw out random bullshit to see if they can get vote buying back.

This whole thing is backwards. Are these people having a worse life here than the would have if they were still living in wherever? (Hint: just the food stamps alone is more value then the entire average living standard of many countries in Africa.) These people should be paying the other way around.

SunnyvaleCA says

Are these people having a worse life here than the would have if they were still living in wherever? (Hint: just the food stamps alone is more value then the entire average living standard of many countries in Africa.) These people should be paying the other way around.

Pretty sure one person in the US on food stamps is worth more than the GDP of several African nations.

Would descendants of Union soldiers who gave their lives and limbs be exempted?

tovarichpeter says

Would descendants of Union soldiers who gave their lives and limbs be exempted?

Excellent point. And what if you have ancestors on both sides of the civil war?

The whole thing is ridiculous.

The fact that this is even a thing that's being discussed in society makes me embarrassed to be human.

I want to recommend this product at Amazon.com

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
by Norman Finklestein

Patrick says

Excellent point. And what if you have ancestors on both sides of the civil war?

Corey Booker for one. Also, many Blacks were either Free, not in the USA at the time, or were CSA volunteers themselves (towards the end they offered emancipation for military service).

Actually there were free blacks who owned slaves.

Nothing is stopping any boob right now from giving his home or bank account to a black person.

willywonka says

Nothing is stopping any boob right now from giving his home or bank account to a black person.

And then that Black person can give it to a Cherokee or other Indian.

Democrats should be personally liable for any black reparations based on the immense damage the racist Great Society program inflicted on the black community.

‪"Nearly a 100 yrs of the supposed 'legacy of slavery' found most black children [78%] being raised in two-parent families in 1960. But thirty years after the liberal welfare state found the great majority of black children being raised by a single parent [66%]."‬
‪--@ThomasSowell ‬

tovarichpeter says

I want to recommend this product at Amazon.com

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
by Norman Finklestein

I own this book, and think it's pretty good. The Holocaust was a huge money maker for certain American political groups. Also protects these groups from any and all criticism. To criticize them makes you a Nazi!