lol. As if Reparations were ever NOT going to be impossible to reach a satisfying conclusion. Even if both victim and offender were alive, it's not necessarily a legally sound idea to enforce on people who weren't doing anything illegal at the time, but now? Implementing Reparations is a joke:
-Taxes are taken from everyone, so any reparations from the government would be paid by both people who didn't contribute to slavery and even the beneficiaries/victims themselves
-Some black people may be the direct descendants of slave owners(without rape) e.g. Kamala Kahn >=)
-Some white people may be the descendants of black slaves(not good for optics)
-Everyone has different ideas for what would be fair compensation, who should get it, and where it should come from, so few- if any, will be happy about the final outcome
-Families that emigrated to the US after slavery shouldn't have to pay for the past crimes of someone else
-Few families in the US even owned slaves, so why should the whole country have to pay
-The debt has already been paid in blood. Slavery was accepted at the time, so maybe the countries that changed 1st should be celebrated rather than castigated
-Slavery is literally a DRAIN on wealth and hinders progress. Countries that had slavery have historically done worse than countries that hadn't relied on slavery
-Slave owning families may not have retained their generational wealth
-Lost or incomplete records will lead to further complications in finding out who is/isn't eligible even under clearly defined criteria
-It's literally impossible to determine how much wealth a descendant has that was made directly as a result of wealth inherited from slave owning ancestors. Would they have made the same or even more without that inheritance? Who the fuck knows
It's not about that. It's a way for Democrats to reward their supporters at the expense of their opponents, nothing more. Taking money from all white citizens to pay all black citizens is by design.
I know that's what it's for- political pandering, I'm just explaining that it's a futile endeavour. There are plenty of people who do believe that RaPaRaYsHuNs are going to be some magical band-aid they can slap on racial division or pay the white-man's-burden tax- I just wanted to list out(non-exhaustively) all the ways it's impossible or stupid to attempt it.
lol. As if Reparations were ever NOT going to be impossible to reach a satisfying conclusion. Even if both victim and offender were alive, it's not necessarily a legally sound idea to enforce on people who weren't doing anything illegal at the time, but now? Implementing Reparations is a joke:
-Taxes are taken from everyone, so any reparations from the government would be paid by both people who didn't contribute to slavery and even the beneficiaries/victims themselves
-Some black people may be the direct descendants of slave owners(without rape) e.g. Kamala Kahn >=)
-Some white people may be the descendants of black slaves(not good for optics)
-Everyone has different ideas for what would be fair compensation, who should get it, and where it should come from, so few- if any, will be happy about the final outcome
-Families that emigrated to the US after slavery shouldn't have to pay for the past crimes of someone else
-Few families in the US even owned slaves, so why should the whole country have to pay
-The debt has already been paid in blood. Slavery was accepted at the time, so maybe the countries that changed 1st should be celebrated rather than castigated
-Slavery is literally a DRAIN on wealth and hinders progress. Countries that had slavery have historically done worse than countries that hadn't relied on slavery
-Slave owning families may not have retained their generational wealth
-Lost or incomplete records will lead to further complications in finding out who is/isn't eligible even under clearly defined criteria
-It's literally impossible to determine how much wealth a descendant has that was made directly as a result of wealth inherited from slave owning ancestors. Would they have made the same or even more without that inheritance? Who the fuck knows
The trillions of dollars spent on the "War on Poverty" could be considered reparations enough. Consider how that turned out...
It's not about that. It's a way for Democrats to reward their supporters at the expense of their opponents, nothing more. Taking money from all white citizens to pay all black citizens is by design.
I know that's what it's for- political pandering, I'm just explaining that it's a futile endeavour. There are plenty of people who do believe that RaPaRaYsHuNs are going to be some magical band-aid they can slap on racial division or pay the white-man's-burden tax- I just wanted to list out(non-exhaustively) all the ways it's impossible or stupid to attempt it.