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Few people have a debt to repay other than their bank perhaps. Reparations are either done immediately after a conflict or they should be ignored. Everyone is f
by raxxorrax 6y ago
Few people have a debt to repay other than their bank perhaps. Reparations are either done immediately after a conflict or they should be ignored. Everyone is free to grant leniency to groups affected by historic injustices, but it cannot become policy. If it does, you will get lines of conflict that reinforces the fault lines, obviously. I say obviously, but apparently it isn't.
Imaging that being part in political discourse. Some pretty naive proposition for reparations would ensure a never ending conflict. Black and white people fighting over resources. Sure, that would be a good idea... It isn't far off if some people have the impression the financial industry wants to start a race war.
Shitty article is also behind a paywal. I think financial times would have some debt to repay here...
edit: Of course the public funding these propositions might generate are of interest here too. Wouldn't want to get those to needy people...
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