throwaway535

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   by throwaway535 6y ago

   > Slavery was not in the least a contribution to "financial success"... What it did was create a huge unfair advantage for the few who could afford to "own" someone who had been enslaved I think you have been given a
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   by throwaway535 6y ago

   Your comment is incorrect. It was their wages that were stolen that we're discussing.
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   by throwaway535 6y ago

   Great discussion, let's continue. So my dad goes and steals your dad's land. He give me the land as his son. I split it in half and give half to a friend of mine. The investigation occurs and determine this land was stolen and sho
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   by throwaway535 6y ago

   > My family only showed up in this country in the mid 80s and have zero responsibility for things that happened well over 100 years ago. I guess, here is a simple non-rhetorical thought question: Why should your family get any of the be
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   by throwaway535 6y ago

   > I’m an immigrant, and I’ll never stand for any kind of reparations for descendants of former slaves. Invariably this will come out of tax dollars to which I’m contributing by way of income tax. Why should I be charged for wrongs - howe
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   by throwaway535 6y ago

   > It's not clear that reparations are a good idea in practice, or something to be "achieved," or even strived for (they might do more harm in practice to the group they intend to protect, This is a very patronizing argumen