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> I can go on and on and our country will be bankrupt before we’re done. Isn't that a shame, well at least we could then hold our heads high. > But hey, at le
by chordalkeyboard 6y ago
> I can go on and on and our country will be bankrupt before we’re done.
Isn't that a shame, well at least we could then hold our heads high.
> But hey, at least you’ve taken responsibility for the actions of others.
The title is encumbered. For the same reason that laundering money doesn't make the original theft disappear, its not ethical or moral to benefit financially from atrocities then launder the money and pretend that nothing can be done.
Are you really so sure that once the ill-gotten gains are subtracted from this country's wealth there would be nothing left? In that case how could you ignore such widespread and lucrative immoral heritage?
- TedDoesntTalk 6y ago> Isn't that a shame, well at least we could then hold our heads high. I already do.
- chordalkeyboard 6y agoThe case for reparations is not based on ancestral guilt, but on historical crimes that were sanctioned by governments that are still in power.