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That's how conquest, war, and societal progress works. Should we go back and create entitlements for all the European tribes folded into monarchies over the las
by hattmall 3y ago
That's how conquest, war, and societal progress works. Should we go back and create entitlements for all the European tribes folded into monarchies over the last two millennia?
Entitlements are antithetical to equality. Continually attempting to right wrongs from the past simply carries them forward.
- _jal 3y agoIf the tribes had been corporations and the treaties governed under an ISDS scheme, would you find that less objectionable? ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor–state_dispute_settlement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor–state_dispute_settlem... )
- janosdebugs 3y agoIn a lot of places in Europe minorities have varying degrees of autonomy, protections and special rights (use of language, schools, sometimes more). History and legal systems are complicated and a lot of it doesn't make sense without the historical context.