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France literally made Haiti pay them reparations for…revolting against their slave colony. There seems to be no low they won’t stoop to for extra bucks!

• thecopy 3y ago
  This is a disingenious comment, imo. The payment you are referring to payed in the early 1800:s. >France demanded payment from Haiti for recognition of its independence in the early 19th century. The demand for reparations was made shortly after Haiti declared independence in 1804 following a successful revolt against French colonial rule. The negotiations and the subsequent agreement for reparations occurred between 1825 and 1838.
  • marxisttemp 3y ago
    All water under the bridge now, right? I mean, France never gave that money back to Haiti, but let’s let bygones be bygones right?
    • Georgelemental 3y ago
      France has given Haiti hundreds of millions of euros in aid.
      • FireBeyond 3y ago
        Over the years, Haiti has paid France about forty billion dollars for this. So yeah, sure, near enough is good enough.
  • prmph 3y ago
    I thought Haiti was still paying until the 20th century? This is from Wikipedia: > The first annual payment alone was six times Haiti's annual revenue.[1] The payment was later reduced to 90 million francs in 1838, equivalent to $32,535,940,803 in 2022, with Haiti paying about 112 million francs in total.[3] Over the 122 years between 1825 and 1947, the debt severely hampered Haitian economic development as payments of interest and downpayments totaled a significant share of Haitian GDP, constraining the use of domestic financial funds for infrastructure and public services.